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Ever so slightly, graduation rates for men's Division I basketball, baseball and football players are continuing to rise. The N.C.A.A. released figures yesterday tracking the graduation rates at 318 Division I colleges and universities for athletes who enrolled from 1997 to 2000.

The article discusses data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that indicates more college students in NCAA programs are graduating as compared to previous years. The data illustrated that a majority of college athletes in Division I colleges graduated and that graduation rates improved for male college basketball players and baseball players.

THis article is talking about some former student athletes. Well after a female college basketball player left Kentucky, she decided to go back and try and earn a Ph. D at Ohio State.

The article highlights findings of a report released by the National Collegiate Athletic Association indicating that scholarship athletes continue to graduate at historic levels. An increasing number of black men's and women's basketball players, and more white men's and women's track-and-field athletes, are completing their degrees within six years.

This article talks about a meeting that took place between two committees who are trying to solve problems with the academics of college athletes. It mentions statistics about some of the football and basketball teams who struggle to get their players to be successful in academics.