{"id":453,"date":"2015-02-04T22:44:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T22:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ddce.utexas.edu\/aamri\/?p=453"},"modified":"2015-02-04T22:44:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T22:44:03","slug":"higher-education-and-the-plight-of-the-black-male-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/higher-education-and-the-plight-of-the-black-male-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Education And The Plight Of The Black Male Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Siegel, D. (1994). Higher Education And The Plight Of The Black Male Athlete.\u00a0<em>Journal of Sport &amp; Social Issues<\/em>,\u00a018(3), 207-223.<\/p>\n<p>The effect of athletic participation on the graduation rate of Black male scholarship athletes was examined. Data are reviewed and comparisons are made of Whites versus Blacks at &#8220;elite&#8221; schools and at the average Division I institution. The data indicate that although Black athletes trail Whites in graduation rate across institutions and sports, Black athletes tend to graduate at a higher rate than do their Black peers at elite institutions and across Division I schools. Such findings conflict with the common belief that athletic participation has a negative impact on the academic success of Black males. Nonetheless, the Black-White differences remain problematic. It has become apparent that the issues involved go well beyond athletics and that sports, once again, appears to highlight and reflect larger societal problems.<\/p>\n<p>Full article can be found here:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/019372394018003002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siegel, D. (1994). Higher Education And The Plight Of The Black Male Athlete.\u00a0Journal of Sport &amp; Social Issues,\u00a018(3), 207-223. The effect of athletic participation on the graduation rate of Black male scholarship athletes was examined. Data are reviewed and comparisons are made of Whites versus Blacks at &#8220;elite&#8221; schools and&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/higher-education-and-the-plight-of-the-black-male-athlete\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"underline\">read more<\/span>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,234],"tags":[20,488,489,490,475],"class_list":{"0":"post-453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-higher-education-he","7":"category-sportsathletics-sa","8":"tag-20","9":"tag-d-siegel","10":"tag-graduation-rate","11":"tag-scholarship","12":"tag-sport","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}