UNLV supports stricter standards.(sports)

Publication: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)

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BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL

The NCAA's new academic incentive/disincentive reform package was lauded by officials and coaches at UNLV, a school that has struggled in recent years to match the national average for graduating its student-athletes.

Under guidelines approved Thursday by the NCAA's Board of Directors, of which UNLV president Carol Harter is a member, incoming freshmen must have completed a higher number of core courses (from 14 to 16) to be eligible, and those already enrolled must show significant progress toward graduation (20 percent of their degree requirements per year) in order...

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