We are educators who firmly believe in two guiding principles:

  1. Student athletes should have the information they need to pick the collegiate sports program that gives them both the best opportunity for athletic success and the best chance to earn a quality college degree.
  2. Promoting academic progress can help NCAA teams win. When student athletes choose schools that promote both their athletic and academic success, coaches will use their successful record of promoting academic progress to recruit the best players and improve the athletic performance of their teams.

    Professor Jeffrey W. Lucas
    Department of Sociology
    Room 2112, Building 146
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD 20742-1315
    jlucas@socy.umd.edu

    Professor Michael J. Lovaglia
    Department of Sociology
    University of Iowa
    Iowa City, IA 52242-1401
    michael-lovaglia@uiowa.edu

    Christopher Kelley
    Graduate student in the Ph.D. program
    Department of Sociology
    University of Iowa
    Iowa City, IA 52242-1401
    Christopher-kelley@uiowa.edu