October 31, 2007

Athletes Outpace Students at Large in Graduation Rates, New NCAA Figures Show

By Libby Sander

Scholarship athletes at Division I institutions continue to graduate at a rate higher than students over all, but among white male students, athletes graduated at a lower rate than their peers in the student body at large, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Those findings are from the second installment of the NCAA's latest annual report on graduation rates, following the release earlier this month of data showing that 77

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