Division I representatives at Monday's National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual convention will discuss the possibility of change academic requirements for student-athletes.
Currently, the NCAA dictates that to remain eligible to play Division I athletics, student-athletes must have completed 25 percent of their total coursework after two years in college, and an additional 25 percent each year after that.
The new proposal would require that students maintain a 1.8 GPA by the beginning of their second year. Each year thereafter, they must complete at least 20 percent of their coursework and maintain the minimum GPA their university requires to graduate.
David B. Knight, the faculty representative to the NCAA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is one of the proposal
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