A report from the NCAA published in today's "Inside Higher Ed.com" cited Hobart and a handful of other Division III institutions that apparently have "awarded financial aid to [student athletes] based on their athletic ability".
A link to the article and attached reports is provided below:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/06/29/ncaa_division_iii_financial_aid_reporting_program_reveals_problems_persist
Hobart's specific mention in the article above was:
"there have been six “major” violators of these regulations over the life of the reporting process, and these institutions do face public scrutiny. Violations by Buffalo State College, the State University of New York at Geneseo, and the State University of New York at Potsdam were the result of an unjustified proportionality difference between the amount of financial aid awarded to athletes and the percentage of athletes in the overall student population. Chatham University and Hobart College showed distinguishable and unjustified patterns of award that benefited athletes. Fontbonne University's violation took the form of coaches "rating" incoming freshman athletes as the first step in the institutional financial aid process."
Looks like the NCAA has their eye on the Statesmen since last January....
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