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The NCAA News -- August 16, 1999

New guide available for college prospects

Latest version includes Clearinghouse information

This year's edition of the NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete contains a bonus section that will be helpful to prospective student-athletes and will also reduce printing and mailing costs for the Association.

The 1999-00 guide, mailed earlier this month to NCAA member schools and high-school guidance counselors, includes registration materials that prospects need in order to be processed through the Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse.

Previously, those materials had been published and mailed separately, but the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse Committee had asked that registration materials and other Clearinghouse information be included in the guide to make it easier for prospects to register as well as to provide a cost savings for the Association.

Also included in this year's edition of the guide are the student release form, information on financial aid, and two question-and-answer segments regarding core-course requirements and the Clearinghouse process.

The guide is available upon request from the NCAA publishing department at the national office.