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PEMD-85-9 1 (1985-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabntl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROGRAM EVALUATION AND SEPTEMBER 10, 1985 METHODOLOGY DIVISION B-220175 The Honorable James J. Howard House of Representatives Dear Mr. Howard: Subject: Review of Two Studies on College Athlete Graduation Rates (GAO/PEMD-85-9) This report responds to your June 26, 1985, request for a GAO review of two studies on college athlete graduation rates. You asked us to determine whether or not the methodology used was accurate and whether or not these studies are relevant in discussing your proposed legislation H.R. 2620. Your bill would require colleges to graduate at least 75 percent of their scholarship athletes (defined as students who receive athletic scholarships for at least 3 academic years) within 5 years in order for contributions to their athletic departmients to qualify as tax deductible. The two studies we reviewed are (1) National Collegiate Athletic Association Survey of Graduation Rates After Five Years for tiales First Entering College in Fall 1975, prepared by the American College Testing Program in April 1981 (we refer to this study as ACT), and (2) Study of Freshman Eligibility Standards Technical Report, prepared by Advanced Technology, Inc., in August 1984 (we refer to this study as AD TECH). ACT concluded that male athletes graduated at a rate equal to or higher than that of male nonathletes. AD TECH concluded that student athletes graduated at about the same rate as students in general. Our review of these two studies was based on professionally accepted methodological standards for behavioral research and, in the interest of timeliness, limited to information provided in the two written reports. We found that both studies have limited relevance for your legislation. H.R. 2620 is directed at athletes who remain at the same institution and receive athletic scholarships for 3 years. Both studies reported graduation rates for athletes and nonathletes only for freshman college entrants rather than for those who had been enrolled for 3 years. In addition, ACT did not report analyses on athletes by scholarship status. The AD TECH researchers conducted analyses by grant-in-aid (scholarship) (973599)

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