Why do many Cal athletes not graduate?
Cal ranks last in graduation rates for those two sports among the nation’s 72 major intercollegiate athletics programs, according to the NCAA. A look at some of Cal’s closest public and private competitors – Stanford, UCLA and the University of Michigan – reveals how the culture and practices at those universities support student athletes’ academic achievement… Over and over, however, schools that successfully graduate football and men’s basketball players say the university fosters a culture that values academics as much or more than athletics.
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by Nanette Asimov and Ann Killion, The San Francisco Chronicle.