October 6, 2006

As Graduation Rates Rise, So Do Fears of Academic Shortcuts

By BRAD WOLVERTON

Football, men's basketball make big gains under new NCAA formula

Knute Rockne, he was not. But when Myles Brand spoke to athletics officials at Elon University last month — saying he wanted to see 80 percent of college athletes graduate — the message from the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association reverberated throughout college sports.

His goal seemed ambitious to athletics officials accustomed to hearing that, on average, only six in 10

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