APR data released

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Academic Progress Rate data from 2003-04 have been
sent to every Division I institution?s chief executive
officer for review, providing the institution with its
overall APR for 2003-04 as well as the figure for each
NCAA championship sport the school sponsors.

According to the data, about 7 percent of all teams
would be subject to contemporaneous financial aid
penalties beginning in 2005-06. About 51 percent of
all Division I institutions would have at least one
team subject to penalty. Most penalties are
concentrated in football, baseball and men?s
basketball. The penalty data is informational only,
because the penalty phase will not be implemented
until next year, after two years of APR data
accumulate. The information simply warns institutions
about the types of academic outcomes that will warrant
penalties in subsequent years.

The reports sent to member institutions also include
aggregate APR data for comparative purposes, including
by-sport APR averages for all of Division I and for
each subdivision.

Teams must reach an APR score of 925, or they will be
subject to a penalty. An APR of 925 equates to a 50
percent graduation rate. Three women?s sports earned
the highest average APR (981) ? field hockey, lacrosse
and rowing. Baseball, football and men?s basketball
posted the lowest average APR scores.

Officials urged presidents to review results and
change institutional behavior this year, before
penalties are applied. The Committee on Academic
Performance (CAP) is producing an ?academic recovery
plan? for academically under-performing teams. The CAP
hopes to complete a model plan by its April meeting.

For more information on the release of APR data, see
the February 28 issue of The NCAA News.

UC basketball is at 916+ (30th-40th percentile)
The + appears to be significant as the accompanying
footnote reads:
+ Teams with this symbol have an estimated APR upper
confidence boundary of 925 or above, even though the
team's actual APR is below 925. It is anticipated that
some smaller squads that may be identified as
underperforming in this
year's reports will not be subject to penalty once the
confidence boundary is applied.

Duke had 960, Xavier 981, Kentucky 827, Ohio St. 881+


		
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