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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, May 22, 1993                   TAG: 9305220149
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
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Female athletes who started college in 1985 became better students than their male counterparts, according to an NCAA study.

Relatively poor classroom performance by males even caused the overall graduation rate among all 1985 athletes to fall below that of the student body in general. But a general trend of improving graduation rates of male and females was shown over the previous survey, which accounted for athletes who enrolled in 1984.

Fifty-four percent of all students enrolling in 1985 got their degrees, compared with 52 percent of all athletes. Female students' graduation rate was 55 percent, compared with 61 percent for all female athletes.

Male students entering in 1985 graduated at a 52 percent rate, while 48 percent of male student-athletes got their degrees. 


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