Black Male Student-Athletes and the 2014 Bowl Championship Series

BLACK MALES & the BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP * SERIES * RESEARCH BY THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RACE & EQUITY IN EDUCATION AT PENN GSE BLACK MEN AT THE TOP 25 BCS SCHOOL S ARE: 3% G0% 12% OF UNDERGRADUATE OF FOOTBALL OF HEAD FOOTBALL OF ATHLETICS DIRECTORS STUDENTS PLAYERS COACHES GRADUATION RATES of BLACK MALE ATHLETES ORANGE BOWL FIESTA BOWL SUGAR BOWL 47% 50% 53% CLEMSON BAYLOR ALABAMA -VS- OHIO STATE CENTRAL FLORIDA OKLAHOMA 50% 47% 42% ROSE BOWL BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP JAT 49% 82% 51% 37% MICHIGAN STATE -VS- STANFORD AUBURN -VS-FLORIDA STATE On average, 50% of Black male student-athletes graduate within six years from universities in the seven major NCAA Division I sports conferences, compared to 67% of student-athletes overall, 73% of undergraduate students overall, and 56% of Black undergraduate men overall. PennGSE Graduate School of Education To download the Harper, Williams, and Blackman report on Black male student-athletes please visit Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education www.gse.upenn.edu/equity/sports. 2014