For the eighth consecutive year and the ninth time in the past decade,
U.S. News and World Report has ranked the Georgia Institute of
Technology as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation.
Tech
moved up to the eighth spot from ninth last year among the nation’s top
public universities for undergraduates. Georgia Tech was ranked 38th
among all of the national universities, down one slot from last year
when Tech jumped up four slots from the previous year.
University President Andrew Sorensen said Chad Gray, of Florida
Preparatory Academy in Port Charlotte, Fla., does not meet the school's
admission requirements.
The Florida school is one of 22 high schools whose academic standards are being reviewed by the NCAA.
Three
Southeastern Conference schools have accepted recruits who graduated
from schools on the list. Alabama and Arkansas accepted players from
Genesis One Christian Academy in Mendenhall, Mass., and Georgia
accepted a player from Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va.
[LINK] SAPR (link found on a sports message board)
The Student Athletic Peformance Rating (SAPR) combines the Athletic Success Rate (ASR) and Athletic Progress Rate (APR), two measurements developed by the NCAA for its academic standards.
It combines those elements important to a college athlete who wants the best showcase for his athletic talent and also the best opportunity of a quality college degree.
Using this rating system, GT ranks 22nd in football, and 17th in basketball.
Had the ASR and APR and this system been around for 10 years, we'd probably have seen a marked improvement in both sports.
[LINK] Fox News (second list of schools) [LINK] NY Times
The N.C.A.A.
released yesterday a second list of high schools from which it will no
longer accept transcripts that provided easy academic solutions for
high-profile athletes. But its attempt to clean up the high school
diploma mills has created more controversy.
The NCAA
will no longer accept transcripts from 15 non-traditional high schools,
including one in Florida with a Web site that promises students an
opportunity to earn a diploma in weeks.
The SEC's presidents voted
Friday to give commissioner Mike Slive the authority to declare
ineligible incoming freshman athletes with questionable academic
credentials.
The SEC will get help from the NCAA,
which announced Friday that its investigation revealed cases of abuse
and fraud at some of those schools. Next week, the NCAA will release
names of the schools from which transcripts will no longer be accepted.
Some SEC schools may find that help not so helpful to their football fortunes.
The man who gave Atlanta the largest aquarium in the world has helped secure an eight-figure commitment for Georgia Tech’s Nanotechnology Research Center Building (NRCB).
ATLANTA--Top-ranked tennis player Kristi Miller and all-America golfer Roberto Castro
have been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District III At-Large first
team, while tennis standout Kelly Anderson and swimmer Jason Howard
made the second team.
Miller, a sophomore from Marysville, Mich., and Castro, a
junior from Alpharetta, Ga., are now eligible for the CoSIDA Academic
All-America team, which will be announced in mid-June by the College
Sports Information Directors of America.
A message board poster who goes by the name "JacketPanther" found a great clipping from the June 26, 1899 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, announcing the graduation ceremonies at Tech.
It's shown in the continuation (large graphic).
As it notes, "Ma Tech's" reputation for toughness was established right from the start.
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