A New Study On Graduation Rates For Black NCAA Student Athletes

In the midst of college conference realignments and billion dollar media deals the plight of student athletes sometimes does not receive the focus that it should.  A new report, Black Male Student-Athletes and Racial Inequities in NCAA Division  I College Sports, concludes that particularly when it comes to Black male student athletes, we need to re-center our focus. The report was researched and written by lead author Dr. Shaun Harper and the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania.  This research is worthy of close study.  As we enter the football bowl season on through March Madness there will be occasional studies looking at various aspects of academic performance by participating teams. Often the data is dismal.  The percentage of Black men that compose the ranks of student-athletes gives us reason to pause and incentive to readjust our focus. While representing only 2.8% of full-time undergraduate students, they