Community College Athletes

I listened to this story on The California Report tonight, and thought it was well done. The report lasts for five minutes.

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201003121630/c

The one thing that startled me was the statistic reported that athletes who go to Division I four year schools after high school get their BA, while 65% of two year transfers get theirs.

The reporter, April Dembosky, didn't explain the stark difference. I asked her to give me the background information on which she depended in her report. She wrote to me that "These numbers come from the research department at the NCAA. The NCAA is still analyzing data and won't offer possible explanations for the difference until they've finished."