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3 years ago
2004 (September) — A study directed by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics corroborates earlier findings by the NCAA indicating that success in big-time college sports has little effect on university alumni donations or on the academic quality of applicants. The study, conducted by Robert H. Frank, an economist and professor of management and economics at Cornell University, refutes two popular college sports “myths” — one suggesting that institutions with winning teams generate more revenues than those with losing programs, and another suggesting that winning programs prompt increased donations from alumni or a better pool of applicants.
5 years ago
2002 (September) — The student-athlete graduation rate in the federal methodology hits 60 percent for the first time. The 60 percent rate for Division I student-athletes also is two percentage points higher than the graduation rate for the student body. The rate measures the graduating class of 1995, the first subject to a higher core-course standard (13 core courses) than previous classes.
10 years ago
1997 (September) — The Divisions I and II subcommittees of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee vote to extend to 6,000 meters the length of the women’s cross country championships races. The increase of 1,000 meters, or six-tenths of a mile, from the previous championships distance was effective at the 1998 championships. The Division III subcommittee votes to retain the 5,000-meter distance.
40 years ago
1967 (September) — Indiana State University becomes the first NCAA member institution to install an artificial playing surface.
2004 (September) — A study directed by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics corroborates earlier findings by the NCAA indicating that success in big-time college sports has little effect on university alumni donations or on the academic quality of applicants. The study, conducted by Robert H. Frank, an economist and professor of management and economics at Cornell University, refutes two popular college sports “myths” — one suggesting that institutions with winning teams generate more revenues than those with losing programs, and another suggesting that winning programs prompt increased donations from alumni or a better pool of applicants.
5 years ago
2002 (September) — The student-athlete graduation rate in the federal methodology hits 60 percent for the first time. The 60 percent rate for Division I student-athletes also is two percentage points higher than the graduation rate for the student body. The rate measures the graduating class of 1995, the first subject to a higher core-course standard (13 core courses) than previous classes.
10 years ago
1997 (September) — The Divisions I and II subcommittees of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee vote to extend to 6,000 meters the length of the women’s cross country championships races. The increase of 1,000 meters, or six-tenths of a mile, from the previous championships distance was effective at the 1998 championships. The Division III subcommittee votes to retain the 5,000-meter distance.
40 years ago
1967 (September) — Indiana State University becomes the first NCAA member institution to install an artificial playing surface.
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