05-28-2011 04:59 PM

By accident last week, the Na­tional Collegiate Athletic Asso­ciation provided one of the greatest arguments for an in­crease in public education spending that I’ve ever seen.

The results of the associa­tion’s annual Academic Pro­gress Report (APR), which mea­sures academic eligibility and student retention among ath­letes, were made public, and they sent a clear message: The colleges that spend the most money on educating their ath­letes do better at educating their athletes.

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