In his own words

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

“Students who are truly student-athletes have a chance for a life-transforming, life-shaping experience. I can tell you how thankful I am for having had that experience and how it’s shaped me in countless ways. It’s an absolutely formative experience.”

- U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Speaker at the 2010 NCAA National Convention in Atlanta, Ga.

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