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Racial Graduation Gap Persists on Men¡¯s Basketball Teams

by The Associated Press and Diverse Staff , March 18, 2009

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¡¤         65 percent (37 teams) of the men¡¯s tournament teams graduated 60 percent or more of their White basketball student©\athletes, while only 42 percent of schools (26 teams) graduated 60 percent or more of their African©\American basketball student©\athletes resulting in a 23 percent gap. This is an improvement of ten percent from last year¡¯s study, which showed a gap of 33 percent.

¡¤         88 percent (50 teams) graduated 50 percent or more of their White basketball student©\athletes, but only 50 percent (31 teams) graduated 50 percent or more of their African©\American basketball student©\athletes for a 38 percent gap that is larger than the 26 percent gap in last year¡¯s study.

Of the other No. 1 seeds on the women¡¯s side, Duke has a 90 percent graduation rate, Oklahoma is at 69 percent and Maryland is at 67 percent.

The other schools with 100 percent graduation rates are DePaul, Evansville, Florida, Lehigh, Marist, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Sacred Heart, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt and Villanova.



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