Lapchick also noted that Black athletes continue to graduate at higher rates than Black students in general. Forty-three percent of Black students in general graduated, compared with 59 percent of Black student-athletes.
In revenue-generating sports, Black men’s basketball players graduated 49 percent of the time, compared with 54 percent for Black football players and 71 percent for women’s basketball players, according to the study.
Wide achievement discrepancies between Black and White players in basketball persist. At 43 percent of Division I schools, White graduation rates were at least 30 points higher than rates for Black players. In women’s basketball, 25 percent of schools saw that large of a disparity.
The NCAA did not return a telephone message Thursday seeking comment.
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