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Grad rates increase slightly for Division I schools

Associated Press

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

INDIANAPOLIS -- An overall increase of 1 percentage point in graduation rates might not seem significant. NCAA president Myles Brand disagrees. For the second straight year, the NCAA released figures showing more than more three-quarters of college athletes, 77 percent, graduate within six years, a slight increase over last year's 76 percent. "One percent is good, very good," Brand said Wednesday when the NCAA released new figures on the graduation success rate. "Most importantly, if y ...

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