Once upon a time, Temple University athletic administrators cowered whenever data about academics were being released.
This wasn't a "once upon a time" in a fairy tale sense. This was real. And the numbers were bad.
Academically, the football team was rated the worst among NCAA Division I FBS schools. The basketball team was in the lower 25 percent academically. There was fear and animosity when it was time to release the annual data.
That "once upon a time" was only 10 years ago. Today, Temple is a shining star of how to do things the correct way academically.