Two-Year Transfer Summit

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Two-Year Transfer Summit
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Agenda

• Background and Research on Two-year Transfer
  Legislation
•  Qualifiers
• Non-qualifiers
• 2-4 Transfer GPA Calculation

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Agenda

• 4-2-4 Transfers
• Review/ timeline of new legislation Division II
• Educational Resources and Best Practices for
  Two-year colleges

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Background and Research Related to the Two-Year
Transfer Standard
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Why a Review of 2-4 Standards?

• Ongoing NCAA academic reform.
• All other student-athlete standards have been
  examined based on research (e.g., initial
  eligibility and progress toward degree).
• Research now available, not previously.
• Two-four transfers do not graduate/remain
  eligible at same rates as nontransfers.

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Goals of 2-4 Transfer Academic Review

• Establishment of 2-4 transfer academic
  requirements that
• Improve academic success and graduation from
  four-year institution.
• Result in outcomes closely mirroring
  nontransfers.

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Principles

• Maximize first-year college success, ensuring
  student-athletes are on track to graduate in five
  years.
• Be research based and yield ineligibility rates
  and outcomes similar to nontransfers.

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Principles(continued)

• Be minimal standards and NCAA members should
  continue to make admissions decisions.
• Consider simplicity of application and
  understanding by all involved.
• Strive to emphasize requirements needed to
  prepare student-athlete for academic success at
  four-year institution.

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Current 2-4 Transfer Data
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Academic Outcomes Among Transfer Students in
Division I
Nontransfers Only 4-Year Transfers 2-Year Transfers
APR (2008-09) 971 949 926
APR 0/2s (2008-09 AY) 2.2 3.8 5.5
APR Exhausted Eligibility 0/2s (2008-09) 2.4 4.3 7.6
Graduation Success Rate (2002- Cohort) 80 77 65
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Percentage of Ineligible Departures Among
Student-Athletes Exhausting their Athletics
Eligibility in 2008-09
SPORT Overall Nontransfers Only 2-Year Transfers 4-Year Transfers
Baseball 3 2 4 4
Mens Basketball 9 7 13 11
Football -- FBS 9 8 19 11
Football FCS 7 5 13 11
Mens Soccer 3 2 9 2
Mens Track (Outdoor) 3 3 6 3
Womens Basketball 2 2 2 0
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Trends in Number of Student-Athletes Leaving
Ineligible by Transfer Status
SPORT 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Nontransfers 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.4
Two-Year Transfers 10.0 9.4 9.2 7.5 6.7
Four-Year Transfers 5.1 5.1 5.2 4.6 3.9
Notes Percentage of individuals in that
sport who were 0/2s in that academic year.
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Key Research Findings - Academic Performance of
2-4 Transfers

• Two-four transfer students enter NCAA Division I
  schools with lower high school grades and test
  scores than other groups of students.
• Two-four transfers leave college ineligible at
  higher rates than any other group of
  student-athletes.
• Two-four transfer graduation rates lag those of
  student-athletes who enter a Division I school
  from high school.

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Research Findings Grade-Point Average

• Grade-point average at two-year institution is
  the strongest predictor of first year academic
  success at four-year institution.
• Ineligibility rates decrease significantly as a
  function of increased two-year institution
  grade-point average.
• For two-year transfer student ineligibility rates
  to mirror college freshman, the current 2.000
  grade-point average requirement must increase.

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Research Findings Courses

• Number of physical education activity credits at
  two-year institution has a significant negative
  relationship with four-year college success.
• Student-athletes with fewer physical education
  activity credits have better academic
  performances.

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Physical Education Activity Credits Transferred
by Nonqualifiers from Two-Year Institutions
PE Activity Credits Transferring
0-2 25
3-5 25
6-8 18
9-11 11
12 21
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Research Findings Courses

• Student-athletes with more core academic credit
  perform better at four-year institutions.
• Core credits in English, math and science are
  particularly predictive of four-year college
  success.
• Science in particular is a strong predictor of
  success.

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Summary

• Grade-point average at the two-year institution
  is the best predictor of all first-year outcomes
  examined.
• Ineligibility rates decrease significantly as a
  function of increased two-year institution
  grade-point average.
• Student-athletes with more core academic credit
  perform better at four-year institutions.
  Science is a strong predictor.

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Summary(continued)

• Students with high numbers of physical education
  activity credits tend to have less academic
  success at the four-year institution than their
  two-year institution grade-point average would
  predict.
• Generally, high school academic variables do not
  add appreciably to prediction once academic
  behavior at the two-year institution is known.

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Year of Academic Readiness Concept

• Provides additional time and opportunity for
  student-athletes who are academically
  underprepared to take remedial courses and
  generally enhance their academic readiness prior
  to transfer to a four-year institution.
• Proposal tabled by the NCAA Division I Board of
  Directors.

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Creation of Two-Year College / NCAA Working Group.

• Members of NCAA Division I Committee on Academic
  Performance and the NCAA Division I Academic
  Cabinet.
• Two-Year College Representatives.
• Development of Additional Year in Academic
  Readiness Concepts for Membership feedback.

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Feedback and Comments

• Thank you.
• Comments may be directed to
• Jennifer Strawley (jstrawley_at_ncaa.org)
• OR
• Diane Dickman (ddickman_at_ncaa.org).

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2-4 Transfer StandardsQualifiers
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Overview

• Review of Current Standards.
• Review of New Standards.
• Case Studies.
• Questions.

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Current Initial Eligibility StandardsQualifier

• Graduate from high school.
• Complete NCAA-approved courses.
• Earn a minimum required core-course grade-point
  average (GPA).
• Earn a required SAT or ACT sum score.

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Current 2-4 Transfer StandardsQualifier

• To be immediately eligible for competition
• Minimum one full-time term of enrollment in
  residence at a two-year college
• 2.000 GPA on transferable hours and
• Complete an average of 12 hours of transferable
  credits per term of full-time enrollment at the
  two-year college.

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Current 2-4 Transfer StandardsQualifier
Continued

• The student-athlete is considered enrolled full
  time and subject to the average of 12 standard
  when
• Registers in a term full time and
• Attends the student's first day of classes for
  that term.

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Current 2-4 Transfer StandardsQualifier
Continued

• For student-athletes first entering a collegiate
  institution before August 1, 2012.
• Students-athletes not meeting this standard are
  eligible for
• Practice.
• Financial Aid.
• Must complete a year in residence before
  competition.

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Current 2-4 Transfer StandardsQualifier Continued

• Baseball and Basketball student-athletes.
• Cannot transfer after the first term (semester,
  quarter) and be immediately eligible for
  competition.
• Bylaw 14.5.4.1.1

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Physical Education Activity Courses

• Current standard only applies to Mens
  basketball.
• 2-4 and 4-2-4 transfers cannot count more than
  two credits of PE activity courses to meet
  applicable transfer requirements.
• Credit hour and GPA requirements.
• Qualifiers and nonqualifiers.
• Bylaws 14.5.4.1.2, 14.5.4.2.4 and 14.5.6.2

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Physical Education Activity Courses

• Exception
• For SAs who enroll in a PE degree program or
  education program that requires PE activity
  courses.
• May count the minimum number of activity credits
  required for the specific degree program.

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Physical Education Activity Courses

• Example
• Handle State University offers a Middle School
  Education undergraduate degree.
• The degree requires six semester hours of
  physical education activity courses for
  graduation.
• May use up to six hours for transfer standards.

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New 2-4 Transfer Standards Qualifiers

• Effective August 1, 2012

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New 2-4 Transfer Standards Qualifiers

• For SAs first entering a collegiate institution
• Full time on or after August 1, 2012
• Qualifiers
• The physical education activity credit hour
  limits will be applicable to all sports.
• Minimum transferable grade-point average needed
  for competition in first year in residence
  increases to 2.500.

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Case Study Willie

• Qualifier.
• Football student-athlete.
• Willie attends Redhead College, a two-year
  institution in Texas.
• Enrolled full time Fall 2010, Spring 2011 and
  Fall 2011.

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Case Study Willie Continued

• October 2011 Willie withdrew from two courses,
  falling below full time for the semester.
• Willie would like to transfer to a four-year
  institution for the 2012 spring term.

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Case Study Willie Continued

• What standards apply to Willie?
• Current standard.
• How many transferable hours must he complete?
• 36 transferable hours.
• How many PE activity hours may he use?
• Unlimited, Fall 2010 enrollee, football SA.

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Case Study Willie Continued

• What is the minimum GPA Willie must earn?
• 2.000 GPA.

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Case Study George

• Qualifier.
• Baseball student-athlete.
• Plans to transfer to a four-year in Fall 2013.
• Enrolled full time Fall 2012 and Spring 2013.
• Earned 24 hours at Cloud Nine College after two
  semesters.
• Four hours earned were PE activity courses.

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Case Study George Continued

• How many PE activity hours may George use?
• Two hours.
• What is the minimum GPA George must earn?
• 2.500 GPA.
• How would you advise George?
• Work with four-year school to determine GPA.
• Complete summer school courses to increase
  transferable hours.

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Case Study George Continued

• What if George was a Fall 2011 enrollee?
• He would be subject to the current standard.
• How many PE activity hours may George use?
• All four hours earned.
• What is the minimum GPA George must earn?
• 2.000 GPA.

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Best Practices 2-4 Qualifiers

• Encourage registration with the NCAA Eligibility
  Center to verify qualifier status.
• Identify changes to standards based on
• First time full-time enrollment before or after
  Fall 2012.

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Questions?
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2- 4 Transfer StandardsNonqualifiers
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Overview

• Review of Current Standards.
• Review of New Standards.
• Case Study.
• Questions.

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Current 2-4 Transfer Standards Nonqualifier

• Minimum three full-time semesters/four quarters.
• 48-semester/72-quarter hours of transferable
  degree credit.
• Graduate from two-year college.
• Minimum 2.000 GPA.

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Current 2-4 Transfer Standards Nonqualifier

• Mens basketball.
• Physical Education Activity Courses.
• 2-4 and 4-2-4 transfers cannot count more than
  two credits of PE activity courses to meet
  applicable transfer requirements.
• Applicable to credit hour and GPA
• requirements.

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Current 2-4 Transfer Standards Nonqualifier

• Exception
• For SAs who enroll in a PE degree program or
  education program that requires PE activity
  courses.
• May count the minimum number of activity credits
  required for the specific degree program.

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Transferable Math and English Courses

• For nonqualifiers
• Credits must transfer to the certifying
  institution as specific English or math credit,
  regardless of how the courses are identified on
  the two-year college's transcript.
• Bylaw 14.5.4.2
• 3/18/2009 Staff Interpretation

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Summer Courses

• For nonqualifiers
• No more than 18/27 transferable hours total
  earned during summer.
• No more than 9/13.5 transferable hours earned
  during summer immediately prior to transfer.
• Bylaw 14.5.4.2.1

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Other Limits on Transferable Credits

• May not exceed institutional limits (overall or
  specific area) when evaluating transferable-credit
  hour requirements.
• 03/04/2011 Official Interpretation

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Graduation Requirement

• For nonqualifiers and 4-2-4 transfers
• Must receive an associate or equivalent degree in
  an academic or technical curriculum.

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Graduation Requirement Continued

• Student-athletes who transfer after completing
  all necessary degree requirements for graduation
  but prior to receiving a degree is considered to
  have satisfied the two-year college graduation
  requirement.

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New 2-4 Transfer StandardsNonqualifiers

• Effective August 1, 2012

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For SAs first entering a collegiate institution
full time on or after August 1, 2012

• Nonqualifiers
• The physical education activity limits will be
  applicable to all sports.
• Minimum transferable grade-point average needed
  for competition in first year in residence
  increases to 2.500.

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For SAs first entering a collegiate institution
full time on or after August 1, 2012

• Nonqualifiers
• For nonqualfiers who dont meet 2.500, may
  practice and receive athletics aid above a 2.000.
• In addition to six-semester/eight-quarter hours
  of transferable English and three-semester/four-qu
  arter hours of transferable math, will need
  three-semester/four-quarter hours of transferable
  science.

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Case Study Waylon

• Nonqualifier.
• Mens Soccer student-athlete.
• Enrolls full time at Royal Albert College, a
  two-year institution in the fall of 2010.
• Completes four full-time terms at RAC.

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Case Study Waylon
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Case Study Waylon

• Earned a total of 50 hours.
• 10 hours remaining for A.A. degree.
• Only 39 of those hours transfer to Beatle
  University, a four-year institution recruiting
  Waylon.
• He has not earned transferable English, math or
  science courses.

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Case Study Waylon

• How should Waylon be advised?
• Must complete A.A. requirements in summer 2012.
• Must complete six hours transferable English and
  three Math.
• Work with Beatle U to determine transfer GPA.

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Case Study Waylon

• What if Waylons first full-time enrollment was
  Fall 2012?
• Subject to the science core course requirement.
• Limited to two PE activity hours.
• 2.500 GPA

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Case Study Waylon

• What additional information would we need to know
  to properly advise him?
• Number PE activity courses he has earned.
• His current transfer GPA.

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Case Study Waylon

• Any other issues?
• Waylon cannot complete requirements in summer.
• Maximum of nine hours in summer prior to
  transfer.
• Needs to complete 12 hours of core courses
  (English, math and science).

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Best Practices 2-4 Nonqualifiers

• Identify changes to standards based on
• First time full-time enrollment before or after
  Fall 2012.
• Collaborate with four-year institutions regarding
  English, math and science course equation.
• Monitor the number of summer hours.

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Questions?
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2-4 Transfer LegislationCalculating GPA
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Calculating GPA

• Grades earned in all courses that are normally
  transferable must be considered, even if
  institutional limits on number of transferable
  credits from the two-year.
• Regardless of grade earned and whether grade
  would make course nontransferable.
• Last grade earned in repeated course used for
  calculation.
• Bylaw 14.5.4.5.3.2 and 03/04/2011 Official
  Interpretation and Primer on GPA Calculation

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Calculating GPA

• What this means for you
• The standard not simply what is displayed on your
  institutions transcript.
• Student-athlete will have to be aware of what
  courses would transfer and recalculate GPA.

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Case Study Andy

• North By Northwest University limits acceptance
  of transfer credits to not more than 40 credit
  hours.

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Case Study Andy

• If Andy earns 60 credits at the two-year college
  that normally would be transferable to the
  certifying institution, what hours are used to
  certify GPA?
• North By Northwest must calculate the grade-point
  average based on all 60 credits.

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Case Study Dylan

• Baseball student-athlete.
• Evaluation from North Country University
• Four full-time terms through the 2009-10 and
  2010-11 academic years.
• 48 transferable hours.
• 2.500 GPA is displayed on the transcript.
• Two-year college does not count F grades as a
  part of GPA.

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Dylans GPA Potential Issues

• Eight As in PE activity part of the current
  2.500 GPA.
• Six additional hours that would be transferable
  but for grades earned (six hours of F).

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Dylans GPA Calculation

• Assuming all PE credit hours (eight) count
• 48 credit hours x 2.500 120 grade points.
• 120/54 (includes 6 hours of F) 2.222 GPA.
• 2.222 is the GPA for the 2-4 transfer standard.

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Dylans GPA Calculation

• Based on Dylans initial term of full-time
  enrollment, he meets the transfer GPA standard.
• If Dylan was a Fall 2012 initial enrollee, he
  would not meet the GPA standard.
• How would you advise Dylan?
• Summer school course work up to nine hours.
• Retake courses in summer to improve grades.

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Case Study Tom

• Baseball student-athlete, qualifier
• Evaluation from Free Fallin University
• Four full-time terms through the 2012-13 and
  2013-14 academic years.
• 56 transferable hours.
• 2.667 GPA is displayed on the transcript.
• 10 PE activity hours, all with A grades

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Case Study Tom

• 56 transferable hours.
• 2.667 GPA is displayed on the transcript.
• 56 X 2.667 149.33 total grade points.
• 8 hours of PE activity A grade points must be
  removed.
• 8 X 4 32 PE activity grade points.

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Case Study Tom

• 149.33 - 32 PE activity 117.33 grade points.
• 117.33 / 48 2.444 GPA.
• 2.444 is the GPA for the 2-4 transfer standard.

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Best Practices Calculating GPA

• Work with NCAA member institution.
• Determine what courses would transfer.
• Subtract PE activity hours.
• Monitor repeated courses.

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Questions?
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4-2-4 Transfer Standards
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Overview

• Review of Current Standards.
• Review of New Standards.
• Case Study.
• Questions.

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4-2-4 Transfer Defined

• Is a student-athlete who
• Enrolled full-time at a 4-year institution.
• Enrolled full-time at a 2-year institution.
• Transfers to a 4-year institution.

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Full-time Enrollment Defined

• Enrolled in a minimum, full-time program
• Present on the first day of classes.
• If the student-athlete withdraws or falls below
  full-time, still considered a transfer.

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Current 4-2-4 Standards

• To be immediately eligible for competition
• Complete an average of 12 hours of transferable
  credits per term of full-time enrollment at the
  two-year college
• 2.000 GPA on transferable hours
• Graduate from the two-year college and
• One calendar year has elapsed since the departure
  from the previous four-year college.

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Current 4-2-4 Standards

• Exceptions.
• Return to the original institution.
• Nonsponsored sport at original four-year
  institution.
• Average of 12 per full-time term and
• 2.000 GPA on transferable hours.

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New 4-2-4 Transfer Standards

• Effective August 1, 2012

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4-2-4 Transfers

• 2.500 GPA for base rule and nonsponsored sport
  qualifier exception.
• Physical Education activity course limits
  applicable to all SAs.
• Nonqualifiers subject to completion of
  transferable corecurriculum requirement(six-seme
  ster/eight-quarter hours of transferable English
  and three-semester/four-quarter hours of
  transferable math, will need three-semester/four-q
  uarter hours of transferable science).
• May use transferable credits earned while
  enrolled at a previous four-year college to meet
  requirement.

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Case Study Roy
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Case Study Roy
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Case Study Roy

• What are Roys remaining requirements?
• A.A. degree.
• Determination of transferable hours, needs 24
  hours.
• Determination of transfer GPA.

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Case Study Roy

• What if Roy was an initial full-time enrollee in
  Fall 2012?
• 2.500 GPA.
• If a nonqualifier, would be subject to the core
  course standard (English, math and science).
• Can Roy combine the core courses earned at Lone
  Star and Odessa?
• Yes.

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Best Practices4-2-4

• Monitor the calendar year elapse requirement from
  the four-year institution.
• Identify changes to standards based on
• First time full-time enrollment before or after
  Fall 2012.
• Different standard for qualifiers and
  nonqualifiers (core course requirements).

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Questions?
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2-4 Transfer Standards Resources
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Transfer Guide

• Information for transfers.
• 2-4.
• 4-4.
• 4-2-4.
• Divisions I, II and III.
• http//www.ncaapublications.com/p-4239-ncaa-transf
  er-guide-2011-12.aspx

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Initial Eligibility

• NCAA Eligibility Center www.eligibilitycenter.org
  
• Guide to the College Bound Student-athlete
• http//www.ncaapublications.com/p-4236-ncaa
  guide-for-the-college-bound-student-athlete.aspx
• Quick Reference Sheet
• http//fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/Quick_R
  eference_Sheet.pdf

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NCAA Resources

• Any questions regarding the new 2-4 requirements
  or for information regarding the specifics of
  similarly updated 4-2-4 requirements (for
  student-athletes that attend a four-year college
  or university, transfer to a two-year college and
  then enroll full time at an NCAA Division I
  college or university) call
• NCAA Public Interpretations Line
• 317/917-6008
• M-F 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Eastern time

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NCAA Resources

• Materials from today's summit
• http//www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/myconnect/public/NCAA/
  Resources/Events/RegionalRulesSeminar/
• Includes Primer on Transfer GPA Calculation.
• 2-4 transfer standards videos, Coming this
  Summer!

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Questions?