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NCAA Graduation Rates
Sports
Women’s basketball programs continue to beat men’s in graduating athletes
All of the women’s Final Four teams have exemplary rates, but not so for the men’s teams
HBCU
Lawsuit by HBCU athletes fights what it calls NCAA’s systemic racism
The class-action suit says the organization’s academic standards are discriminatory and unjustly penalize programs
HBCU
NCAA must stop perpetuating academic and financial disparities for HBCUs
Penalties highlight patterns of inequities that cannot be ignored
Sports
Women’s basketball programs beat the men’s by a long shot in graduating black athletes
UConn, for example, graduates 100% of its basketball athletes
Sports
Grad rates for women’s teams in NCAA tournament are exceptional
Men’s programs are getting better, but black-white gaps persist