Dr. Pam Riegle & Jamie Johnson

Ball State University

Every institution is different…..what may work for us may not work for you.

The mission, personnel, facilities, and funding of individual departments guide us.

Sharing is encouraged during this presentation (lots of website chat and informal discussions about study table programs).

Ball State Academic Support two full time staff, two G.A.s, hourly graduate

student workers, and no dedicated space forced to share resources for study table most time is spent one-on-one with students

Study Table Evolution evolved from traditional study hall environment rules were created in response to needs as educational delivery evolves, so should study

tables

Study table hours refers to a set number of hours students must complete on a weekly basis.

All new student athletes will go through at least one semester of the program.

Coaches/Academic Support decide hours, but coaches supply punishment.

The deadline every week is FRIDAY at 2:00pm. Student athletes will use sport codes on

attendance sheets. Students will choose, when and how they will

complete their hours each week.

Two locations: Library (middle of campus) M-F 9:00am-2:00pm Carmichael Hall (two large classrooms) S-Th

8:00pm-10:00pm. Very strict and very quiet! Any students

not studying are asked to leave without getting their hours. No disruptions (phones).

Two graduate assistants and 4-6 other hourly graduate student employees work at these study tables.

Student athletes see the same tutors as non-athletes.

Tutors are employed through the Learning Center and are usually majors or graduate students in a specific area.

The Learning Center keeps tally of customers. Tutoring sessions last 50 minutes. Learning Center is open from 9am-8pm M-R

and 8am-noon on Friday. Writing desk takes walk-ins…..get feedback

on papers.

Is a Durable card used to reward time spent at other beneficial locations

Instructor office hours, supplemental instruction sessions, volunteer hours, or study sessions will count on passports.

Signatures are verified. submitted between 9:00am – 2:00pm on Friday,

unless students are gone for competition

submitted between 9am – 2pm on Fridays Papers … one full page = ½ hour Practice Tests….½ hour for every 20 Qs

(80%) Mathzone, OWL (chem), book websites

Computer Projects (i.e. power point, excel)… max two hours per week

Research…hard copies must be submitted…max 2 hours per week

Plays, Speakers, Concerts, Lectures…max 2 hours per week

Other work/exceptions…approval of SASS

Academic Support Services for Student AthletesStudy Table Summary - Fall 2007

Soccer Week 6 (9/28-10/5)Name Hrs. Reqd. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri SI Tutor Other Total Notes

Aiello, Ann 4 2 2.0Anderson, Kristina 3 1 2 3.0

Coombs, Cortney 6 2 1 1 2 6.0 1cc, 1hist

Eft, Jaclyn 6 1 5 6.0 2theat, 1chem, 2theatR

Mellott, Meghan 6 1 2 1 2 6.0Morris, Kristina 6 1 2 3 6.0 2psysc.tut, eng-3

O'Hara, Caity 4 1 2 2 5.0 2- exsci

Richardson, Claire 6 2 1 1 2 6.0 2eng.ppr

Stone, Vanessa 6 2 2 4.0Vilkowski, Jenn 4 1.5 1.5 3.0Williamson, Ashley 6 2 2 1 1 6.0 hist.tut, 1- hist si

Anderson reduced 3 hours due to study time on the road with the coach.

Academic Support Services for Student Athletes Study Table Summary Fall 2007

# of Athletes Hours Assigned Hours Assigned Hours Extra Tutor SI Voluntary Sem. GPA for Overall GPA for 4.0 Over Inelg Prob DQAssigned Assigned Completed Completion % Hours Hours Hours Hours Teams Teams GPA 3.0 GPA

BASEBALL 20 1417 1053 74.3% 51.5 2 17 3 2.794 2.604 0 7 0 1 0FIELD HOCKEY 8 750 712.5 95.0% 25 15 6 0 3.385 3.385 0 6 0 0 0FOOTBALL 59 4851.5 5140.5 94.5% 260 244 34 13.5 2.467 2.520 0 11 3 6 0GYMNASTICS 8 474 467 98.5% 30 29 5 15 2.509 2.711 0 2 0 0 0MEN'S BASKETBALL 10 794 742 93.5% 32 25 0 0 2.403 2.322 0 0 0 2 0MEN'S GOLF 4 254 253 99.6% 5.5 25 11 0 3.114 3.162 0 3 0 0 0MEN'S SWIM/DIVE 15 1449 1366.5 94.3% 68.5 3 2 1 2.965 3.020 0 8 0 0 0MEN'S TENNIS 3 142 132.5 93.3% 9 0 0 38 3.533 3.533 0 2 0 0 0MEN'S VOLLEYBALL 9 711 709 99.7% 51 28 0 0 2.759 2.903 0 4 0 0 0SOCCER 11 620 575.5 92.8% 38 10 4 12 3.043 3.079 0 7 0 0 0SOFTBALL 15 1114 1107 99.4% 64.5 24 0 0 2.958 2.902 0 7 0 1 0WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 7 317.5 319 99.5% 34.5 13 2 0 2.507 2.552 0 3 0 0 0WOMEN'S GOLF 4 188 188 100.0% 14.5 4 0 1 3.276 3.276 0 2 0 0 0WOMEN'S SWIM/DIVE 12 1119 1076.5 96.2% 43.5 12 1 27 3.229 3.283 1 6 0 0 0WOMEN'S TENNIS 5 195 194 99.5% 12 7 3 1 3.353 3.384 0 3 0 0 0WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL 8 545 505 92.7% 23 7 3 7 3.243 3.208 1 4 0 0 0WOMEN'S XC/TRACK 15 1172 1073 91.6% 23 86 18 47 3.187 3.187 0 10 0 1 0

TOTALS 213 14201 13842 786 534 106 165.5 2 85 3 11 0AVERAGES 95.0% 2.984 3.002

Total Hours Completed (Assigned + Extra + Voluntary) = 14794.5

Total Voluntary Participants = 37

Total Participants (Assigned + Voluntary) = 250

NOTE: These statistics are only for those student athletes who participated in the study table program.

Teams

forces students to manage their time and plan ahead…..and allows flexibility

eliminates traditional problems using computer labs (facebook, etc.)

encourages students to complete all their work instead of only things they can do in a study hall or computer lab

allows academic support staff to examine the quality of work submitted by student athletes

is more representative of current academic assignments

increased means to achieve hours can increase chances at cheating (copied papers, forged signatures, etc.)

can be confusing initially (even with orientation)

rely on graduate students a great deal lots of record keeping…must be accurate must adjust rules as technology evolves