Stat: Female interscholastic high school sports college grad rate
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Source: The New York Times
Published: July 29, 2007
Girls who play interscholastic high school sports are 41 percent more likely to graduate from college than their counterparts, according to a study in the June issue of the journal Youth & Society — in time for the 25th anniversary of Title IX. For her master’s thesis at Brigham Young, Kelly P. Troutman looked at 5,000 girls in the National Education Longitudinal Study, high school class of ’92. The athletes had the advantage of “social capital,” she says — a network invested in their success, mentor coaches and all those parents in the stands sharing college info.
EdwardBear
9 months ago
990 comments
This is well cited. I sort of dislike the rigidity of title IX (I know people in mens programs that were cut b/c of it), but it's hard to argue with the postive effect sports supposedly has on girls.
sanmccarron
9 months ago
1040 comments
"Social Capital". New term for me. I'd like to see a complete article.