Best, worst APRs in the BCS

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Published 5/7/2008 by ATL_eagle at Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com
... to BC. For those who care, Fontaine is highly rated by most recruiting services. Here are more details on Gerbe's decision. Give the financial considerations and all that he's accomplished in college hockey, it makes sense to move on. MVN network had great things to say about Dudley's first year. I also agree with them, that Larry Brown will love Jared. Tony Barnhart has us just outside his Top 30. BC and the ACC did very well in the NCAA's APR ratings. I'll have more on BC's APR status later today.

I-A Is Not A Right
Published 5/14/2008 by Brian (noreply@blogger.com) at mgoblog
... Orson's analogy to No Child Left Behind is inapt. NCLB, oddly, takes money from failing schools. The APR takes students, leaving behind a smaller corps of kids the Idahos (Idahoes? In your area codes?) of the world can fail. If this makes Dick Tomey complain about "class warfare" in the same article he says San Jose State had "no academic support to speak of," he can suck it up. What are the chances San Jose State would have an academic support program now if not for the looming threat of the APR? Zero. Small schools are complaining that they have to spend money educating ...