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by Lois Elfman , March 18, 2010
Lapchick compared it to high school athletics in the 1980s and ‘90s when it was mandated that students maintain a “C” average or better in order to participate in sports. Some critics feared it would raise dropout levels. Instead, it had the opposite effect. Coaches got involved because they wanted their athletes to be academically eligible.
“Every experience I can think of involving student-athletes, where you raise the bar academically, they’ve jumped over the bar,” Lapchick said.
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