Arkansas Blog

Warwick, please note that the graphic about grad rates is for 94-95 through 97-98. It's been well stated that the grad rates in several men's programs at that team were low. The way you made the point makes it appear as though the graphic represents current grad rates, and it does not.

I see Otis Kirk has already made it over to spin this.

We won't know current grad rates for a few years because the NCAA give you six years to graduate for purposes of their report.

No matter what how you spin in, this is the most updated data - and poor ole Houston will have to deal with it when he goes after those "special" kids who love to "bounce arouond" and "love that helmet."

Football:

ASU 56%
UA 42%

lol

http://www.ncaa.org/grad_rates/2005/d1_school_data.html

THE NUMBERS ARE FROM 1994, BEFORE THE INTERNET, BEFORE THE GOP HAD THE HOUSE, BEFORE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

Meanwhile, at UALR's Jack Stephen Center...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-The UALR women's track and field team received recognition for their outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments for the 2005-06 season by being named a U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Track and Field Team.

The Trojans boasted the fourth highest grade point average in the nation with a 3.44 mark. Seventy-five Division I women's teams had a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above.

UALR and Western Kentucky were the only Sun Belt Conference schools honored.
The selections of the all-academic teams were based on athletic and academic achievement.

Let's see....Auburn cheats on grades,,Arkansas doesn't therefore a lower graduation rate...or maybe more Razorbacks leave early to go to the pros and therefore don't graduate? Nah..

Arkansas has the lowest graduation rate, but I'll bet we have the highest rate of athletes arrested and convicted of crimes. Go, Hogs!

That John White has done a great job transforming UAF into a mediocre business and engineering school. Let's hope that he can hire a few more administrators to coordinate all the adjunct faculty teaching those mediocre athletes.

If the Razorbacks' on-field record was as dismal as their graduation rates, something would be done about it...other than just hiring a new coach.

These grades don't matter- 9/11 changed everything.

These grades don't matter- 9/11 changed everything.

Smiling in appreciation of your truth.

"If the Razorbacks' on-field record was as dismal as their graduation rates, something would be done about it.."
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Hmmmm. I thought we were already at that level.

Seriously, the graduation rate doesn't bother me. Check the graduation rate of any freshman class that enters practically all the 4 year institutions and you will find a large percentage of them fall by the wayside, athletes or not. I think my class had 1,250 entering and I think only about 700 of us graduated.

Graduation doesn't assure success and dropping out doesn't assure failure. I imagine Ron Brewer makes more per year than most of the UofA graduates.

"I imagine Ron Brewer makes more per year than most of the UofA graduates."

I imagine John White and his administrative corps make more per year than all of the UAF faculty chumps.

I put a hit on UAF's grad rate and helped UALR's grad rate by finnishing up my degree in LR.

Dose UALR have a women's track and field team? It wasn't very noticable back in the 80's.

A small team (of 0ne) could be skewed by having one chick with a 3.44 gpa that graduates.

I bet the grad rate of public colleges is going to drop due to the fact that if the student joined the ROTC to help pay tuition and ended up on permanent rotation in cut and run land, that might lower the grad rate.

But the grad rate will get better after they get their prosthesis fitted and go to school on the GI bill.

It seems trivial to worry about grad rates of athletes with the developments over in duck and run land over the last couple days.

But maybe this catastrophie is a blessing in disguise. With the coming war, W will have to institute a draft (9-11 changed everything) and then the chicken hawks with sons and daughters of unfortunate age may come over to our way of thinking. This war is a waste and now with the draft, it will not be such an abstract item we are insulated against.

do what I did about a month ago. Ask mothers about their support for the war. Then ask them if a mandatory draft would change their views.

I could see their support melt as they were forced to envision their own child in 120 degree heat with 60 pounds of gear going house to house looking for terrorists.

Mothers seem very able to envision thier children in harms way half a world away and dying in the dust without the comfprt of friends and family.