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Limited Resource InstitutionsAPP and Academic
CertificationBest Practices NCAA Regional
Rules Seminar2014

• Eric Brey
• Quintin Wright
• Katy Yurk

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Objectives

• Academic requirements over the academic year.
• Best practices in the certification of academic
  eligibility.
• Best practices for the NCAA Division I Academic
  Performance Program (APP).

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Objectives

• Task.
• Team.
• Timeline.
• Takeaways.

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Academic Requirements Over the Academic Year
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APP and Certification Leadership
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Academic Process Ownership
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Certifying Eligibility for Competition
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Certification Thought Process

• Task.
• Team.
• Timeline.
• Takeaways.

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What is the Task at Hand?

• Accurate and timely certification of eligibility
  for practice and competition for initial and
  continuing SAs.

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How Do You Complete the Task?

• Collaboration! You are not alone!
• Team development and education.
• What process is used to determine progress toward
  degree?
• Who is the final certification official?

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Who is on Your Team?

• Team Effort!
• Academic department or student service liaisons.
• Athletic academic support input.
• How is the registrar involved?
• Does admission need to be involved?

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TEAM U.
NCAA Staff
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TEAM Certification
NCAA Staff
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What is the Timeline?

• What has to be done?
• Collect transcripts.
• Review transcripts against certification
  reports.
• Secure any course substitutions per
  institutional policy.
• Evaluate transfer credits.
• Confirm degree progress with college or
  department.

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What Are the Takeaways?

• Establish relationships with members of team.
• Develop consistent process/checklist.
• Maintain documentation for each term.

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APPData Collection
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APP Data Collection

• Graduation Success Rate.
• Academic Progress Rate.

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GSR

• Who is on the team?
• When is it due?
• June 1.
• What is involved?
• Defining freshman cohort.
• Confirming graduation.
• Confirm departing SAs that did not graduate left
  eligible (can be removed from the cohort).

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TEAM APR
NCAA Staff
Institutional Research
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APR

• When is it due?
• Six weeks after the start of classes with APR
  data.
• What is involved?
• Roll over data from one year to the next.
• Add new transfers and freshmen.
• Collect transcripts for all members of the
  cohort.
• Reference certification reports.
• Dont forget medicals and exhausted eligibility
  SAs.

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APR

• Points awarded for eligibility/graduation and
  retention.
• Totaled over most recent four years (cohort).
• Used in analysis for eligibility for postseason
  competition, APP penalties and public recognition
  of top academically performing teams.

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APR Calculations
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APR

• APR Calculation
• Two available points each academic term.
• Eligibility point SA meets academic eligibility
  standards as of the end of the academic term.
• Retention point SA is enrolled full time as of
  the fifth week of classes of the next term.
• Number of points earned
• Number of points possible x 1000 APR

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Access to Postseason Competition
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Access to Postseason Competition

• The NCAA Division I Board of Directors
  established a 930 multiyear APR benchmark for
  access to postseason competition
• Postseason includes all events conducted after
  last regular season contest or end of conference
  tournament (e.g., bowl games, NIT, WNIT, etc.).
• Conferences determine ability to compete in
  conference tournaments.
• Applies to individual competitors on teams not
  meeting standards.
• Waiver opportunities available.

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Postseason Benchmarks

• For postseason competition in 2015-16 and beyond
  
• Need a multiyear APR of at least 930 OR, if
  subject to postseason restriction a second time,
  have a two-year average APR of 950 or higher in
  the two most recent years.
• Additional filters available based on resources
  (e.g., bottom 15 as defined by NCAA Division I
  Committee on Academic Performance).
• Handout available at back of the room.

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APP Penalties
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930 Benchmark

• Institutions must have a multiyear APR of 930 to
  avoid penalties.
• APP penalties are separate from eligibility for
  postseason competition.

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Level One

• Level One
• Reduction by four hours/one day of practice per
  week in season.
• Results in 16 hours per week rather than 20 hours
  and five days per week rather than six days.
• Must be replaced by academic activities.

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Level Two

• Level Two
• Reduction by four hours/one day of practice per
  week out of season.
• Results in four hours per week rather than eight
  hours and five days per week rather than six
  days.
• Must be replaced by academic activities.
• Cancellation of nonchampionship season or spring
  football.
• For sports without nonchampionship season, 10
  reduction in contests and length of season.
• And Level-One Penalty.

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Level Three - Menu of Penalties

• Level-Three Penalties include
• Level-One and Level-Two Penalties.
• Menu options may include
• Financial aid penalties (any amount, any type).
• Practice penalties (reduction of four hours/week
  and up).
• Contest reductions (10 up to full season).
• Restricted and corresponding membership.
• Coach-specific penalties, including game
  restrictions, recruiting restrictions.
• Restricted access to practice for incoming
  student-athletes that fall below predetermined
  academic standards.
• Multiyear postseason competition ban.

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APP Penalty and Postseason Waivers
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APP Penalty Waiver Directive

• Guiding Principles
• Based on team's academic performance.
• Review of historical-penalty factors.
• Reasonable expectation to improve to 930 within a
  reasonable period of time.
• APR Improvement Plan.

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Postseason Ineligibility Waiver Directive

• The first-time team is ineligible for postseason
  competition, relief provided only for
  extraordinary mitigation.
• Subsequent requests based on less stringent
  standard.

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APR Improvement Plans
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APR Improvement Plans

• APR Improvement Plans are meant to encourage
  immediate improvements in SA academic
  performance
• Monitoring and analyzing each team's academic,
  retention and graduation performance.
• Identifying critical issues impacting a teams
  academic performance.
• Developing initiatives to address the team's
  critical issues.

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APR Improvement Plan Requirements

• Required for all teams under 930 multiyear APR.
• Must include element that assesses and evaluates
  team's academic admissions profiles and academic
  outcomes.
• Data analysis of teams APR performance.
• Broad-based campus participation.
• Reviewed and approved by institutions president
  or chancellor.
• Submitted via online database.

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APP Resources
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Questions?