The Answer Sheet: NCAA


Posted at 12:25 AM ET, 01/11/2011

Auburn football team champs on field but not in graduation rates
By Valerie Strauss
Auburn University’s football team won the national collegiate football championship but the Tigers aren’t exactly champs when it comes to graduation rates.

By Valerie Strauss  |  12:25 AM ET, 01/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Sports | Tags:  auburn, auburn beats university of oregon, auburn national champs, auburn no. 1, bowl championship, bowl champs, football and graduation rates, national champs, ncaa

Posted at 10:26 AM ET, 04/23/2010

NFL draft: Top schools and their graduation rates
By Valerie Strauss
With the NFL draft underway, here's a look at the schools that have had the most players drafted over the years-- and each team's graduation rates. Some of them are well below 50 percent.

By Valerie Strauss  |  10:26 AM ET, 04/23/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Sports, Sports | Tags:  NCAA, NFL and drafted players and schools, NFL draft, Ohio state and graduation rate, UCLA and graduation rate, University of Miami and graduation rate, football team graduation rates, graduation rates, higher education, schools with the most drafted players

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 04/06/2010

Everything you ever wanted to know about Butler
By Valerie Strauss
Go ahead, admit it: You hadn’t really heard about Butler University until it became a contender to win the NCCA 2010 basketball title and came heart-breakingly close to besting Duke to become national champs. Well, here's some things you might want to know.

By Valerie Strauss  |  01:00 PM ET, 04/06/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Higher Education | Tags:  Bulldogs and class, Butler Bulldogs, Butler University, NCAA basketball, classes cancelled at Butler

Posted at 06:30 AM ET, 03/17/2010

March Madness: What's the academic effect?
By Valerie Strauss
A nationwide independent poll funded and conducted by me strongly suggests that during the three-week NCAA championship tournament, many classes will be cancelled, the minds of many students will wander and very little in the way of academics will get done at dozens of schools across the country over the next few weeks.

By Valerie Strauss  |  06:30 AM ET, 03/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Higher Education | Tags:  march madness, ncaa tournament

Posted at 01:58 PM ET, 03/16/2010

Terps Coach Williams: Keep college advising to yourself
By Valerie Strauss
Terrapins Coach Williams commits a technical foul when he reacts negatively to an annual study that showed that the University of Maryland at College Park has the lowest graduation rate--8 percent--among the 65 teams in this year’s NCAA basketball tournament.

By Valerie Strauss  |  01:58 PM ET, 03/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  University of Maryland | Tags:  NCAA, Terps, University of Maryland