TexasTerror
October 24th, 2011, 09:01 PM
FYI -
The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) will be put out by the NCAA tomorrow (Oct. 25)...
* The Graduation Success Rate was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately measure the success of Division I student-athletes.
* The GSR takes into account the many different academic paths followed by today's college students.
* Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees and is calculated for every sport.
* By counting incoming transfer students and midyear enrollees, the GSR increases the total number of student-athletes tracked for graduation by approximately 37 percent.
* Under the GSR calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing. These outgoing transfers are essentially passed to the receiving institution's GSR cohort.
* The NCAA also calculates the federal graduation rate for student-athletes, because it is the only rate to compare student-athletes to the general student body.
* The most recent Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering freshmen classes in Division I from 2001-2002 through 2004-05.
* There are nearly 105,000 student-athletes included in the most recent four classes using the GSR methodology, as compared to more than 76,000 in the federal rate.
* This year marks the 10th year of GSR data that have been collected. The NCAA began collecting GSR data with the entering freshman class of 1995. The latest entering class for which data are available is 2004.
The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) will be put out by the NCAA tomorrow (Oct. 25)...
* The Graduation Success Rate was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately measure the success of Division I student-athletes.
* The GSR takes into account the many different academic paths followed by today's college students.
* Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees and is calculated for every sport.
* By counting incoming transfer students and midyear enrollees, the GSR increases the total number of student-athletes tracked for graduation by approximately 37 percent.
* Under the GSR calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing. These outgoing transfers are essentially passed to the receiving institution's GSR cohort.
* The NCAA also calculates the federal graduation rate for student-athletes, because it is the only rate to compare student-athletes to the general student body.
* The most recent Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering freshmen classes in Division I from 2001-2002 through 2004-05.
* There are nearly 105,000 student-athletes included in the most recent four classes using the GSR methodology, as compared to more than 76,000 in the federal rate.
* This year marks the 10th year of GSR data that have been collected. The NCAA began collecting GSR data with the entering freshman class of 1995. The latest entering class for which data are available is 2004.