President of the Drake Group Sees Failure In College Sports

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The president of The Drake Group sees academic failure in college sports.

One 1108 Ab Data released last month by the NCAA reveal that a record 79 percent of collegiate student-athletes are receiving degrees. But that number doesn't tell the whole story, according to Kadence Otto, assistant professor of sport management at Western Carolina University and current president of The Drake Group, which has been fighting academic corruption in college athletics since its founding nine years ago. Otto, who played basketball at Division III Wheaton College on a special admission due to substandard SAT scores, went on to earn Master's and Doctorate degrees from Florida State University, shining her research light on the shadier aspects of college athletics. Paul Steinbach asked Otto to assess the current state of academic affairs.

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