Stanford athletic teams that have won NCAA championships: 75
NCAA championship tennis teams coached by Dick Gould: 16
Players coached by Gould who attained a world No. 1 ranking: 3
Tennis balls used annually by the men?s tennis team: 5,000
Average life span of a men?s tennis player?s shoes, in weeks: 2
Percentage of Americans with dyslexia: 10
Percentage of Americans diagnosed with dyslexia: 1
National Institutes of Health spending on dyslexia research, 1978: $0
National Institutes of Health spending on dyslexia research, 1998: $25 million
Chances that a pre-med freshman will apply to medical school: 5 in 8
Percentage of graduates receiving BS degrees, 1958: 28.5
Percentage of graduates receiving BS degrees, 1998: 35.4
Science course units required for a BA degree, Class of 1962: 17
Science course units required for a BA degree, Class of 2002: 9
Sources: 1. Athletics Department; 2. National Dyslexia Research Foundation; 3. Undergraduate Advising Center; Undergraduate Admission Office; Registrar?s Office; Announcement of Courses; Stanford Bulletin.
