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And again Bradley, as they virtually always are, are among the leaders.
Here are the Valley teams by "Graduation Success Rate"
(data up though 1999-2000)
Overall average GSR for all DI schools is 77%
Creighton -- 94%
Evansville -- 92%
Bradley -- 89%
Drake -- 83%
UNI -- 83%
Indiana State -- 80%
SIU -- 78%
Illinois State -- 74%
Wichita State -- 71%
MSU -- 60%
"MEN???‚¬?„?S BASKETBALL
?‚?· Division I men???‚¬?„?s basketball student-athletes graduated at a federal rate of 46 percent, up from 43 percent the previous year. GSR for men???‚¬?„?s basketball student-athletes is 59 percent.
?‚?· Division I African-American men???‚¬?„?s basketball student-athletes graduated at a federal rate of 42 percent, up from 38 percent the previous year and five points higher than the rate for African-American male students. GSR for African-American men???‚¬?„?s basketball players is 51 percent.
?‚?· White Division I men???‚¬?„?s basketball players graduated at a federal rate of 52 percent, a one-point drop from the previous year and below the federal rate of 61 percent for white male students. GSR for white men???‚¬?„?s basketball players is 76 percent."
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4g3NPUESYGYxqb6kW hCjhgihqYeCDFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtzQ0IhyR0UAE3AuRw!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfMTVL?WCM_GLOBAL_CO NTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/NCAA/NCAA+News/NCAA+News+Online/2006/Association+Updates/Research+reveals+student-athlete+academic+achievement+-+11-09-06+update
The most striking number of all those associated with the Missouri Valley,
however is the Graduation Success Rate of Mens Basketball players at Northern Iowa.
That number was an astoundingly low 22%
(while all other MVC schools were 50% and considerably higher, and the overall average
for mens basketball nationally was 59%.
No explanation was given.
And again Bradley, as they virtually always are, are among the leaders.
Here are the Valley teams by "Graduation Success Rate"
(data up though 1999-2000)
Overall average GSR for all DI schools is 77%
Creighton -- 94%
Evansville -- 92%
Bradley -- 89%
Drake -- 83%
UNI -- 83%
Indiana State -- 80%
SIU -- 78%
Illinois State -- 74%
Wichita State -- 71%
MSU -- 60%
"MEN???‚¬?„?S BASKETBALL
?‚?· Division I men???‚¬?„?s basketball student-athletes graduated at a federal rate of 46 percent, up from 43 percent the previous year. GSR for men???‚¬?„?s basketball student-athletes is 59 percent.
?‚?· Division I African-American men???‚¬?„?s basketball student-athletes graduated at a federal rate of 42 percent, up from 38 percent the previous year and five points higher than the rate for African-American male students. GSR for African-American men???‚¬?„?s basketball players is 51 percent.
?‚?· White Division I men???‚¬?„?s basketball players graduated at a federal rate of 52 percent, a one-point drop from the previous year and below the federal rate of 61 percent for white male students. GSR for white men???‚¬?„?s basketball players is 76 percent."
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLN4g3NPUESYGYxqb6kW hCjhgihqYeCDFfj_zcVH1v_QD9gtzQ0IhyR0UAE3AuRw!!/delta/base64xml/L3dJdyEvUUd3QndNQSEvNElVRS82XzBfMTVL?WCM_GLOBAL_CO NTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/NCAA/NCAA+News/NCAA+News+Online/2006/Association+Updates/Research+reveals+student-athlete+academic+achievement+-+11-09-06+update
The most striking number of all those associated with the Missouri Valley,
however is the Graduation Success Rate of Mens Basketball players at Northern Iowa.
That number was an astoundingly low 22%
(while all other MVC schools were 50% and considerably higher, and the overall average
for mens basketball nationally was 59%.
No explanation was given.