Talk:Academic Progress Rate

For my Sports and Society class at Georgetown University, I have decided to work to improve this article. Like I stated previously, it needed a lot of citations, and more information as to what the APR is, and its functions. Also I plan to expand on the punishment the NCAA puts forth and the success of the implementation of the APR. Give a closer look at the sport the APR impacts the most (football, basketball, and baseball). I have come up with a summary of how I plan to edit the article to make it better. My plans are as follows:

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The NCAA defines The Academic Progress Rate as:

The Academic Progress Rate (APR) is a term-by-term measure of eligibility and retention for Division I student-athletes that was developed as an early indicator of eventual graduation rates.

Background

The NCAA established the APR as part of the academic reform package in April, 2004. It was put into place in order to aid in the NCAA's goal for student-athletes to graduate with meaningful degrees preparing them for life. The Principle data collector was Thomas Paskus, the Principal Research Scientist for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Functions

The APR measures how scholarship student-athletes are performing term by term throughout the school year. It is a composite team measurement based upon how individual team members do academically. Teams that don’t make the 925 APR threshold are subject to sanctions. The NCAA works closely with the schools that do not meet the threshold in order to improve. While eligibility requirements make the individual student-athlete accountable, the Academic Progress Rate creates a level of responsibility for the University.

How It Is Measured

Teams that fail to achieve an APR score of 925 - equivalent to a 50% graduation rate - may be penalized. A perfect score is 1000. The scores are calculated as follows:

Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one retention point for staying in school and one eligibility point for being academically eligible. A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by one thousand to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate score.

Sanctions

Teams that score below 925 and have a student-athlete who both failed academically and left school can lose scholarships (up to 10 percent of their scholarships each year) under the immediate penalty structure.

Teams with Academic Progress Rates below 900 face additional sanctions, increasing in severity for each consecutive year the team fails to meet the standard.

   Year 1: a public warning letter for poor performance
   Year 2: restrictions on scholarships and practice time
   Year 3: loss of postseason competition for the team (such as a bowl game or the men’s basketball tournament)
   Year 4: restricted membership status for an institution. The school’s entire athletics program is penalized and will not be considered a part of Division I  

The first penalties under the APR system were scheduled to be announced in December 2005. Starting with the 2008–09 academic year, bans from postseason competition were added to the penalty structure. The most severe penalty available is a one-year suspension of NCAA membership, which has not yet been assessed as of 2010–11.

Prior to 2010–11, only four teams had received postseason bans. The results of the NCAA's APR report for that year, which covered 2006–07 through 2009–10, saw eight teams receive that penalty—five in men's basketball and three in football. Most notably, Southern became the first school ever to receive APR-related postseason bans in two sports. The highest-profile penalty in that year's cycle was handed down to defending NCAA men's basketball champion Connecticut. The Huskies lost two scholarships for the 2011–12 season due to APR violations.

Adjustments

The NCAA does adjust APR, on a student-by-student basis, in two circumstances. Changes have included exceptions for student-athletes in good academic standing who leave school early to pursue a professional career,student-athletes who transfer to another school while meeting minimum academic requirements and student-athletes who return to graduate at a later date. In the 2010–11 cycle, the NCAA granted nearly 700 APR adjustments in the latter category, out of a total of over 6,400 Division I teams. Nearly half of the adjustments were for baseball players.

Averages

Average APRs by Sport for Men’s Teams (Four-Year APR for 2006-07 thru 2009-10 AY) Sport/ # of Teams/ Four-Year APR Average

Baseball 298 959

Basketball 344 945

Cross Country 313 970

Fencing 19 964

Football (FBS) 120 949

Football (FCS) 124 943

Golf 298 971

Gymnastics 16 982

Ice Hockey 58 979

Lacrosse 60 971

Rifle (co-ed) 23 966

Skiing 12 972

Soccer 203 967

Swimming 139 972

Tennis 262 970

Track (Indoor) 257 960

Track (Outdoor) 278 962

Volleyball 23 974

Water Polo 22 972

Wrestling 82 958

Average APRs by Sport for Women’s Teams (Four-Year APR for 2006-07 thru 2009-10 AY) Sport/ # of Teams / Four-Year APR Average

Basketball 342 968

Bowling 32 952

Crew 86 985

Cross Country 341 977

Fencing 22 975

Field Hockey 79 988

Golf 253 983

Gymnastics 62 988

Ice Hockey 35 986

Lacrosse 90 986

Skiing 13 985

Soccer 321 978

Softball 288 975

Swimming 197 983

Tennis 321 979

Track (Indoor) 311 970

Track (Outdoor) 318 972

Volleyball 327 978

Water Polo 33 976

References

Akdash09 (talk) 01:31, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

A lot of citations are needed in this article. Information regarding grade averages, trends and penalties for schools could be included...getting such information from the NCAA.org website. It needs a better introduction- History of Academic Reform from NCAA.org will provide information that will give the article a better context that it is lacking. (Akdash09 (talk) 16:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC))

Mfs57I also believe that citations need to be increased in this article because there are various examples that are in fact true, however have no citations to refer to. Overall, knowing this issue in basketball particularly, I believe that this article should be increased in college basketball as well as all of the other collegiate sports. All collegiate sports face this issue to some extent, and there are areas where this article can be expanded, however it is an overall good start.

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Coverage

If I understand this correctly, it only applies to students who get financial aid that in some way is related to their athletic participation. So, a school, or even a sport with-in a school, that does not offer athletic scholarships is completely unaffected by APR (except in that it may hit other schools that it plays), right? also, it would seem that if a program that had one athlete on an athletic scholarship, and that student did not meet the grade, then, even if 32 other athletes were getting straight A's and graduating with-in four years, the program would be sanctioned, right? And conversely, if a program had 1 aided student who got straight A's and graduated after four years and a mass of other, non-aided students who did miserably and never graduated, then there would be no sanctions, right? Kdammers (talk) 09:29, 13 April 2014 (UTC)