NCAA Graduation Rates

About the same time that March Madness hits every year the NCAA comes under increased scrutiny for its graduation rates. A couple of reports came out last week suggesting that while overall athlete graduation rates are improving, the gender gap--the difference between the graduation rates of Black and White athletes--keeps getting bigger.

During our spring break I had the chance to go to the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis and talk about it with NCAA researcher Todd Petr. It's part of a larger project I'm working on, but here is what Petr had to say about graduation rates: