If you're in education and struggle with the question of quality, assessment, grades and graduation, then you might have pondered the unintended consequences of the NCAA putting more and more attention on student-athlete graduation rates.

USAToday does in their article, "College athletes studies guided toward 'major in eligibility'" (h/t shrrew)

His experience reflects how the NCAA's toughening of academic requirements for athletes has helped create an environment in which they are more likely to graduate than other students — but also more likely to be clustered in programs without the academic demands most students face.

Some athletes say they have pursued — or have been steered to — degree programs that helped keep them eligible for sports but didn't prepare them for post-sports careers. "A major in eligibility, with a minor in beating the system," says C. Keith Harrison, an associate professor at the University of Central Florida, where he is associate director of the Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sports.