Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Improve Division I Basketball Graduation Rates: With March Madness in full swing, Education Secretary Arne Duncan says some NCAA tournament schools must do more to increase the graduation rates of their players – particularly African-Americans.
As NCAA action was tipping off Thursday, Duncan joined a sport and society scholar and the president of the NAACP on a news teleconference call to urge greater action on student-athlete graduation rates. Although most schools in the NCAA tournament are graduating more basketball players than in past years, significant gaps remain between the success rates of Whites and African-Americans.
The differences are “absolutely unconscionable,” the secretary said.
