ABOUT Derrick Z. Jackson

ARTICLES:

NCAA Football Graduation Rate Still Troubling

The news that no teams would be disqualified under new NCAA regulations is tempered by racial gaps in teams' graduation rates, Derrick Z. Jackson writes in his Boston Globe column.

NCAA Graduation-Rate Rule and Racial Gap

Boston Globe columnist Derrick Z. Jackson questions the impact of a recommendation that would soon ban teams with less than a 50 percent graduation rate.

Legal Pioneer Chose Principle Over Prestige

Derrick Bell Jr. never allowed his own firsts to be anyone's last word on diversity, writes Boston Globe columnist Derrick Z. Jackson.