Introduction to the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program

1. Introduction to the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program Rules Education Meeting University of Louisiana at Lafayette September 23, 2009

2. Overview • APR • Academic Improvement Plans • Head Coaches Portfolio • Trivia Questions

3. Academic Performance Program Purpose • To ensure the NCAA Division I membership is dedicated to providing student-athletes with an exemplary educational and intercollegiate athletics experience in an environment that recognizes and supports the primacy of the academic mission of its member institutions, while enhancing the ability of student-athletes to earn a four-year degree. NCAA Bylaw 23.01.1

4. Academic Progress Rate • Why APR? • Real-time rate. • Includes all student-athletes on a team in a given year (as opposed to entering class). • Used in analysis for contemporaneous and historical penalties and public recognition for successful programs.

5. Academic Progress Rate • Points awarded for eligibility/graduation and retention. • Term-by-term measurement. • Totaled over four years. • Includes student-athletes receiving athletics aid.

6. Academic Progress Rate • Two available points each academic term. • Eligibility (E) point = student-athlete meets academic eligibility standards for the next academic term. • Retention (R) point = student-athlete is enrolled full time as of the fifth week of classes of the next term. • # points earned # points possible X 1000 = APR

7. Academic Progress Rate • Due date for APR data is six weeks after the institution's first day of classes. • Failure to submit will result in an institution being declared ineligible for postseason competition, including NCAA championships. • Data is submitted electronically for: • Teams with Division I championships or National Collegiate Championships. • Division I teams. • Teams the institution considers to be varsity sports.

8. Academic Performance Program Timeline Data Submission Phase (due six weeks after first day of classes). Verification Phase (NCAA staff). Correction Phase (14 calendar days). APR Adjustment Phase (14 calendar days to submit). Penalty Waiver Phase (14 to 21 calendar days to submit). Final Submit (e-mail sent to chancellor/president).

9. Delayed Graduation Point • Point (1/0) awarded in the term for the former student-athlete graduates. • Restores lost APR "E" or "R" point. • Point received in the sport reported. • Institution permitted to request delayed-graduation points for any of the academic year cohorts that comprise the multiyear APR cohort.

10. Delayed Graduation Point • The criteria are as follows: • The student-athlete graduates from your institution fall 2005 or later. • The former student-athlete was not included in the team's APR cohort in the term in which he or she graduated from your institution. • The former student-athlete lost the "E" or "R" point in his or her last term in the APR cohort or would have lost a point if the student-athlete departed prior to the implementation of the APR in 2003-04.

11. Academic Progress Rate Adjustments • Discount lost APR point(s) for a term or terms from the denominator. • May request adjustment to lost "E" point, lost "R" point or both. • Requests are based on mitigation affecting individual student-athletes. • Guiding principle: • Based on circumstances surrounding individual student-athlete. • Are circumstances beyond the control of the student-athlete and/or team/institution?

12. NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate Improvement Plans • Teams with a multiyear APR below 925 without the use of the squad-size adjustment are required to create an APR Improvement Plan. • Teams with multiyear APR below 900 are required to report plan to NCAA national office. • Feedback provided to all institutions reporting plans to the national office.

13. APP Penalties

14. APP Penalties Two different penalty structures: • Contemporaneous penalties. • Intended to encourage improved academic performance, serve as a "warning" for poorly performing teams and help avoid the more serious historical penalties (e.g., rehabilitative in nature). • Historical penalties. • More significant punitive measure for teams that habitually underperform academically.

15. Contemporaneous Penalties – Financial Aid Restriction • Once subject, the team's maximum financial aid limit is reduced by the value of total countable aid awarded to the student-athlete who did not earn eligibility and was not retained the following academic year. • Penalties must be taken at the "next available opportunity." • Automatic waiver of these penalties granted to limited resource institutions.

16. Contemporaneous Penalties – Determining the Penalty • Teams with a multiyear APR below 925 subject to contemporaneous penalties if: • Any student-athlete departed the institution; and • Did not earn eligibility ("0/2"). • Penalty = aid previously awarded to a student-athlete who did not earn eligibility the next regular academic term and did not return to the institution cannot be re-awarded ("0/2"). • Some exceptions apply (e.g., student-athlete with no athletics eligibility remaining). • A multiyear APR of 925 translates to an approximate 60 percent GSR.

17. "Capping" of Contemporaneous Penalty Scholarship Losses • Contemporaneous penalties are to be "attention-getting" penalties, not "death" penalties. • Thus, number of contemporaneous penalties that apply to a team for any given year is limited. • Teams below a 925 APR can earn scholarship reductions up to the "cap" amount. • Cap = approximately 10 percent of NCAA maximum team limit, rounded up for headcount sports

18. Historical Penalties • Restrict or deny the benefits of the Association for those teams that have a demonstrated history of academic underachievement. • Teams that habitually underperform academically are the primary target of the historical-penalty structure. • Penalties are progressive and cumulative in nature. • Institutions must demonstrate three "clean" years (without penalty) in order to avoid progression in the historical penalty structure. • A multiyear APR of 900 translates to an approximate 45 percent GSR.

19. Historical Penalties"Improvement Plus" Model • Teams scoring below900are reviewed for historical penalties to determine if they: • Are making significant improvement; and • Compare favorably based on one of the following three factors… • By sport review. • Institutional characteristics. • Comparison vs. general student-body. • Penalties are mitigated or waived based on review of these factors.

20. Historical-Penalty Structure • Progressive and cumulative: • Occasion One: Public announcement for squad. • Occasion Two: Public announcement AND financial aid and practice restrictions for squad. • Occasion Three: Public announcement AND financial aid and practice restrictions AND postseason competition restriction for squad. • Occasion Four: Public announcement AND financial aid and practice restrictions AND postseason competition restriction for squad AND restricted membership status for institution.

21. Penalty Updates • No credit for pre-penalizing • Historical penalty financial aid penalties are to be taken in the academic year following notification of historical penalty • Arguing policy • Better to emphasize mitigation and improvement efforts and improvement efforts, rather than arguing against committee/APP policies

22. APP Waivers

23. Penalty Waiver Directive • Guiding principles: • Based on team's academic performance. • Review of historical-penalty factors. • Anomaly or pattern. • Reasonable expectation to improve to 925 within a reasonable period of time.

24. Waiver Decisions • Approve. • Conditional approval. • Partial conditional approval. • Deny.

25. APR Trends

26. Overview of APR Trends • Overall number of 0/2’s continues to decrease; however, women’s basketball seeing an increase in 0/2’s • Eligibility rates increased sharply in 2007-2008 • Average APR has risen substantially

27. Average APRs by Sport for Men's Teams (Four-Year APR) Numbers in parentheses are point changes from last year's four-year APR averages.

28. Average APRs by Sport for Women's Teams (Four-Year APR) Numbers in parentheses are point changes from last year's four-year APR averages.

29. APR Improvement Plans

30. APR Improvement Plans • Teams with a multiyear APR below 925 are required to develop an APR Improvement Plan • Plans and updates regarding implementation of previously submitted plans must be submitted to the NCAA: • Teams requesting waiver of an APP penalty: due with waiver • Teams with a multiyear APR below 900: due January 31

31. APR Improvement Plans • New for 2009-2010: • Institution’s chancellor/president must provide written approval of the plan. • Institution must provide multiyear target APR goals if it will take multiple years to achieve a multiyear APR above 925. • Staff assessment of implementation of the plan sent to institution’s chancellor/president. • Changes to APR Improvement Plans in portal.

32. APR Improvement Plans • Improvement Strategies: • Increased academic review of all incoming student-athletes • Class attendance policies • Assessment of individualized needs and development of support based on those needs • Exit interviews for all transfers • Coach’s performance evaluation based on student-athlete academic performance and student-athlete well being • Use campus resources to help with academic support and retention

33. Head Coaches’APR Portfolio

34. Head Coaches’ APR Portfolio • 2009-2010 Pilot year • Football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and women’s indoor and outdoor track to be released Summer 2010 • Information for other sports to be collected Fall 2010 with release scheduled for Summer 2011

35. Head Coaches’ APR Portfolio • Summer 2010 release: • Baseball • Men’s Basketball • Women’s Basketball • Football • Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track • Summer 2011 release: • All other sports

36. Head Coaches’ APR Portfolio • Data to be collected: • Names of all head coaches employed since August 1, 2003 • Employment dates (i.e., hire and departure) • Contact information, if available • ID will be assigned to each individual coach • Searchable database will be available

37. Head Coaches’ APR Portfolio • Public web site will provide “career listing” of APR (not a lifetime “batting average,” but rather a listing of APR scores for each year) • Not a new rate; rather, single-year APR will be provided in portfolio • Portfolio will also list institution and employment dates • Only for head coaches

38. Head Coaches’ APR Portfolio • In years with multiple head coaches, each individual’s portfolio will include APR for that year (will not apply to interim coaches) • Coaches will be able to confirm employment dates and institutions • No new appellate process • Existing APP procedures provide opportunities to appeal cohort definition and calculation of team score

39. Head Coaches’ Dashboard • Secure, private site will provide NCAA-specific information. • Academic profile of entering student-athletes • Head coach’s APR analysis • Major enforcement actions • APP penalty history • Password controlled for Athletic Directors and Presidents searching for coaches

40. Trivia Questions • What teams are required to create an APR Improvement Plan? Answer: • Teams with a multiyear APR below 925 are required to create an APR Improvement Plan.

41. Trivia Questions 2) What contemporaneous penalty is faced by a team with a multiyear APR below 925? Answer: • The aid previously awarded to a student-athlete who is an 0/2 is withheld from the team scholarship limitations the following year.

42. Trivia Questions 3) What type of information will be listed under the Head Coaches’ APR Portfolio? Answer: • Single-year APR will be provided in portfolio for each year the head coach was employed at the institution • Portfolio will also list institution and employment dates

43. ANY QUESTIONS?