JBHE: Latest News for 8/21/08

Awards Given to Universities That Have Achieved Progress in Raising the Graduation Rates of Black Athletes

The Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University has released its list of colleges and universities that have accomplished a great deal in terms of racial diversity. The organization has named 10 schools that have made significant progress in their graduation rates for black male students and another 10 schools that achieved success in graduating black female students. Tennessee State University is the only historically black educational institution among the award winners. Southeastern Louisiana University was the only institution to make both lists. Here are the award winners:

For Graduating Black Female Athletes	For Graduating Black Male Athletes
Drexel University	Austin Peay State University
Hofstra University	George Mason University
Idaho State University	Marshall University
Iona College	Southeastern Louisiana University
Long Island University-Brooklyn	St. Peter’s College
St. Francis University (Penn.)	Tennessee State University
Southeastern Louisiana University	University of Louisiana-Lafayette
University of Akron	University of Southern Mississippi
University of Louisville	Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wright State University	Western Illinois University