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.

Offers a look on some of the most recent academic reforms instituted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the role academic and athletic advisors in carrying out those reforms in the U.S. in 2005. Mandatory academic support for student-athletes; Initial eligibility legislation and graduation rates; Overview of the new NCAA academic standards.

Comments on the proposed rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to close the gap of the graduation rates of black and white college athletes in the United States.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the articles "The New Face of College Sports," "Controversy Surrounds NCAA's Certification of International Athletes."

This article presents the authors' views on the educational experiences of intercollegiate student, athletes. The critics of intercollegiate sport argue that winning, which is highly correlated with revenues, has corrupted higher education. Most specifically, at some schools the athletic performance of athletes is more important than their academic achievement.