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Study: NCAA Tournament Team Graduation Rates Between Blacks, Whites Widening

by Antonio Gonzalez, Associated Press Writer , March 16, 2010

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Notre Dame was one of six institutions whose basketball team members had a 100 percent graduation rate. (AP photo/Joe Raymond)

The report relies on information provided by the NCAA. It uses graduation success rates and not federal graduation rates, which do not account for transfer students. The numbers measure six-year graduation rates for the freshman classes that entered college from the 1999-2000 through 2002-03 school years.

Dave Czesniuk, director of operations for Northeastern University's Sport in Society, said the widening gap between Whites and Blacks is usually because of the expectations schools and athletes place on education.

“Regardless of race, if education is the most dominant important factor, you will usually see a higher graduation rate,” he said.

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