March Madness: a second look

The University of Maryland had a zero percent graduation for its Black men's basketball team's freshmen classes of 1999-2002. Zero percent....

It is clear that there is a significant racial gap in college attendance between African Americans and Whites. While some research (e.g. Bennett et al., 2003) cites that African Americans are more likely than Whites to attend after socioeconomic background is controlled for, the fact remains that African Americans, overall, still lag behind Whites in graduating from college.