The Daily Report Card: Some College Athletes Face High Academic Hurdles
—Joseph P. Luckey, president of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics
The Education of Dasmine Cathey – Long, tough read: “While the NCAA says the academic profile of many athletes is improving, big-time programs are identifying an increasing number of players who come to college severely ill-prepared.” The Chronicle of Higher Education
End arrives for Galien schools – “Anticipating a fall enrollment of just 45 students, the Galien Township School Board has opted to make the just-ended school year its last.” South Bend Tribune
International enrollment at Purdue to drop – Indiana and Purdue universities combined enroll more international students than Harvard. But Purdue is limiting its international freshman enrollment after record numbers flocked to West Lafayette last year. Lafayette Journal & Courier
Valpo school chief could be leaving – “His pending departure could leave one of Northwest Indiana’s top school districts without any key administrators to deal with a $3.2 million budget shortfall that has raised the ire of many in the community.” Gary Post-Tribune
Debate gets heated amid EACS board – “Simmering tensions came to a head Tuesday as East Allen County Schools Board members argued over the treatment of students in the Harding attendance area, a plan to rent space to a charter school and each other’s honesty and commitment to the board.” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette