A recent Washington Post editorial criticized Georgetown for the low graduation rates of its men’s basketball team, stirring discussion about how the Univeristy educates its most famous athletes.

The graduation rate for the basketball team was 47 percent for the freshmen class that entered in 1996 and graduated in 1999, according to the NCAA. By contrast, Georgetown’s overall graduate rates excel compared to other universities: 93 percent for non-athletes, and 91 percent for all student-athletes...

Georgetown’s graduate rate is lowered by players who transfer or withdraw from the University. Lindsey Luebchow, a Program Associate at the New America Foundation, a non-profit public policy institute, said that this does not excuse Georgetown.

“It says something about how Georgetown is supporting their student-athletes,” she said. “If they don’t think they’re going to get a degree from an elite university like Georgetown, that might be a reason why they transfer...”

For the complete article, please visit The Georgetown Voice website.

For the Washington Post editorial, please click here.