Faculty Study at Amherst Questions Academic Qualifications of Some Athletes

If there is truly a bastion of academic integrity in athletics departments, Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association is a likely candidate. Division III institutions are not allowed to award athletics scholarships, and many of the country's top liberal-arts colleges field Division III teams.

Yet Amherst College, among the elite in Division III, is facing new evidence that the athletes it admits have academic credentials much less impressive

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