Study: Black Student-Athletes More Likely to Finish School

Interesting findings from by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, as reported on Miller-McCune.com:

A study released Monday on the occasion of National Student-Athlete Day (or, as is more widely celebrated, the last day of the men's March Madness tournament), turns on its head a long-standing stereotype about black college athletes and the schools that recruit them.

Since the integration of major college athletic programs two generations ago, universities have been accused of using black athletes to win titles and build lucrative brands — with nary a degree exchanged in the process.

But today, it turns out, athletic departments are doing a better job of graduating black students than universities are as a whole. Put another way: black student-athletes are more likely to finish school than black students who aren't athletes.

Read the rest of the report, Grad Rates Higher For Black Athletes Than Black Students