SACRAO 2015

NCAA Division I Academic Standards and

Legislative Update

• Initial-Eligibility Standards.

• Progress-Toward-Degree Standards .

• Two-year College Transfers.

• Academic Misconduct Update.

• Questions.

Overview

•NCAA Divisions I and II colleges/universities. Representative structure in Division I. Academic rules generally vetted through

academic committees. Input from secondary school community.

• NCAA Eligibility Center and NCAA national office staff use rules to guide their work.

Who Makes the Rules?

Road Map to NCAA Division I

Initial-Eligibility Standards

• Core-Course Requirements.

• Division I Current Initial-Eligibility Standard.

• What’s New for Division I? Core-Course Progression “Locked In”; Concept of Academic Redshirt;

Overview

Division I• 16 core requirement:

4 years English 3 years Math (Algebra 1

or higher) 2 years Science

(including 1 lab, if offered)

1 year Additional English, Math or Science

2 years Social Science 4 years Additional Core

Core Curriculum

Division I:

• Must graduate on time.

• Ability to take one core course after graduation.

• Three core courses after graduation with approved Education Impacting Disability.

Core-Curriculum Time Limitation

• Allowed to practice, receive athletics aid and compete in first academic year.

• Minimum GPA of 2.000 with corresponding test score.

Division I Full QualifierCurrent Standard

• Examples of coordinates are: 2.300 core-course GPA requires

900 SAT or 75 sum ACT. 2.500 core-course GPA requires

820 SAT or 68 sum ACT. 2.950 core-course GPA requires

640 SAT or 53 sum ACT.

Division I Full QualifierCurrent Standard

• If a student does not meet full qualifier requirements, he/she will be a nonqualifier.

• Student may not practice, receive athletics aid or compete during first academic year at NCAA Division I institution.

Division I Final NonqualifierCurrent Standard

• Effective August 1, 2016, Division I college-bound student-athletes will receive one of three academic eligibility decisions:

• Full Qualifier;• Academic Redshirt; or• Final Nonqualifier.

Increased Division I Standards

• Allowed to practice, receive athletics aid and compete in first academic year.

• Minimum GPA of 2.300 with corresponding test score.

Division I Full QualifierNew Standard

• Prior to the start of the seventh semester, college-bound student-athletes must complete: At least 10 core courses. Seven of which must be in English,

Math and/or Science. Exception: International students.

• These courses become “locked in” and must be used in the academic evaluation.

Division I Full QualifierNew Standard

• Can receive athletics aid in first academic year.

• Can practice during first semester/quarter. Must complete nine semester or

eight quarter hours of academic credit during each applicable term to maintain practice eligibility.

• Cannot travel or compete.

Division I Academic RedshirtNew Standard

• Prospective student-athletes are not required to complete 10 core courses, including seven of English, math and science, prior to seventh semester.

• Minimum 2.000 to 2.999 GPA with corresponding test score.

Division I Academic RedshirtNew Standard

• If a college-bound student-athlete does not meet full qualifier or academic redshirt requirements, he/she will be a nonqualifier.

• A college-bound student-athlete may not practice, receive athletics aid or compete during his/her first academic year at an NCAA Division I college/university.

Division I Final NonqualifierNew Standard

Questions?

Designed to move SA toward graduation within five years of full-time collegiate enrollment.

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Exceptions and waivers are available.

Bylaw 14.4.3PTD

Determined by the institution for all students.

“…good academic standing shall be a standard at least as demanding as the minimum standard applied to all students in order to participate in extracurricular activities at that institution.”

August 9, 1995 interpretation

Good Academic StandingBylaws 14.01.2 and 14.01.2.1

Six-hour requirement each term.

18-/27-hour requirement each academic year.

First year only: 24-/36-hour

requirement.

90/95/100

Credit-hour requirements.Term vs.

academic year.

Percentage-of-degree requirements

GPA requirements

PTD Requirements

40/60/80

• Triggered if enrolled in any part of the regular academic year.

• Cannot use summer hours, can use intercession, “J” terms, etc.

Credit-Hour RequirementsBylaw 14.4.3.1

• First-year requirement.• Must complete prior to second year of enrollment.• Credit can apply to any degree.• Can use summer prior and after first year of enrollment.

• Term requirement. Does not apply to part-time terms.

Six-hour

18-/27-

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24-/36-

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90/95/100

6/18/24

40% entering third year of collegiate enrollment.

60% entering fourth year.

80% entering fifth year.

• Credit-hour requirements.

• Percentage-of-degree requirements

• GPA requirements

PTD Requirements

• Based on SA’s full-time terms of enrollment.• Before start of third year: 40%.• Before start of fourth year: 60%.• Before start of fifth year: 80%.

PTD RequirementsBylaw 14.4.3.2

40% 60% 80% 100%

Fifth semester

Seventh semester

Ninth semester

Degree Completion!

Entering

First-year SA

Bylaw 14.4.3.2Percentage-of-Degree Calculation

Hours earned. (applicable to designated degree)Hours required.(based on designated degree)

= % of

degree

Case Study: Percentage-of-Degree Calculation

73 (degree applicable hours completed)

122 (degree hours required)

= 59.8%

• This SA has not completed 60% of the degree.• Do NOT round up for any PTD requirements.

•During SA’s first two academic years, credit-hour requirements may be satisfied with credit hours that apply toward ANY degree at the institution.

•At the start of third year of enrollment, all credits used to satisfy PTD credit-hour requirements must count toward designated degree, they must be “degree applicable”.

Bylaw 14.4.3.1.7

Degree Credit

Hours completed must do BOTH to be considered degree applicable:

• Increase the number of degree applicable hours; AND

• Reduce the number of hours remaining to graduate.

Degree ApplicabilityBut what is “degree applicability?”

Degree Applicability

Numerator

Hours earned that fit within

degree.

Denominator

Minimum hours required to earn degree.

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90% entering second year of collegiate enrollment.

95% entering third year.

100% entering fourth year and later.

• Credit-hour requirements.• By term and

academic year.

• Percentage-of-degree requirements.

• GPA requirements

PTD Requirements

6/18/2440/60/8

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GPA RequirementsBylaw 14.4.3.3

90% 95% 100%

• GPA requirement based on minimum GPA required for graduation at your institution.

• Must meet GPA benchmarks before the start of each regular academic term (based on full-time terms):• Before start of second year – 90%.• Before start of third year – 95%.• Start of fourth year and beyond – 100%.

• Transfer SAs.

Two-Year College Transfers

2-4 Transfers – Financial Aid, Practice and Competition

Qualifier

Minimum one full-time term attended.Average of 12 hours transferable per full-time term. (e.g., three terms = 36 transferable)2.500 GPA on transfer credit.

Not a Qualifier

Graduate from two-year college.Minimum of three full-time terms attended.Minimum 48-semester or 72- quarter hours transferable.Six/eight hours transferable English, three/four math, three/four science.2.500 GPA on transfer credit.

2-4 Transfers – Financial Aid and Practice

Qualifier

Earns aid and practice via qualifier status.

Not a Qualifier

Graduate from two-year college.Minimum three full-time terms attended.Minimum 48-semester or 72- quarter hours transferable.Six/eight hours transferable English, three/four math, three/four science.2.000 GPA on transfer credit.

Limit of two hours of physical education activity coursework.*

Excess hours removed from transfer total AND GPA calculation.

*See Physical education/education degree at certifying institution exception.

2-4 Transfers Requirements

Qualifier Not a Qualifier

Summer Limits.No more than 18/27 hours total.

No more than nine/13.5 hours in the summer prior to transfer.

Effects 48/72 core-course requirement.

2-4 Transfer Not a Qualifier Hours Earned in the Summer

4-2-4 Transfer Requirements

4-2

-4First four-year

institution.

Two-year institution.

Graduate.Average of 12

hours per term of attendance at two-

year institution.2.500 GPA.

Two physical education activity

hours.

Certifying four-year institution.

One calendar year from first four-year

prior to competition.

Bylaw 14.5.64-2-4 Transfer Requirements - Qualifiers

4-2

-4First four-year

institution.

Two-year institution.

Graduate.Average of 12

hours per term of attendance at

two-year institution.2.500 GPA.

Two physical education activity

hours.

Certifying four-year institution.

One calendar year from first four-year prior to

competition.Six-/eight-hours

transferable English, three/four math,

three/four science.

4-2-4 Transfer Requirements – Not a Qualifier

Four-Year Transfers

4-4Transfer.

One-time transfer

exception and eligibility for

aid.

PTD at previous

institution.

Four-Year Transfers

•Must have been academically eligible had he or she remained.

• Not required to have fulfilled necessary percentage at the previous institution.

• Is required at certifying institution.

One-Time Transfer Exception

•Must have been academically eligible had he or she remained.

•NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate driven legislation.

• Exceptions for nonsponsored at previous institution.

• Less than 14 days of countable athletically related activities at previous institution.

Eligibility for Institutional Athletics Aid

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Evaluating Transfer, Don’t forget PTD 14.4.3.1.2

Transfer Requirements

Six hours.

24-semester/36-quarter hours.

30-semester/42-quarter hours.

Six hours and percentage.

Academic MisconductPost-Enrollment

NCAA Division I

Background Information

Official Interpretation issued April 15, 2014.

Educational outreach to the membership.

Membership input and initial reactions/feedback.

Identification and review of key issues by committees and membership.

Background Information

Consensus regarding key legislative concepts and principles by NCAA Division I Committee on Academic Performance in October 2014.

The NCAA Division I Committee on Academics will, over the next year, discuss pre-enrollment academic misconduct and any legislative concepts could be considered by the membership in the 2016-17 legislative cycle.

Review of Official Interpretation April 15, 2014 – Current State

Clarified language.

“Academic misconduct” is an umbrella term which encompasses violations of an institution’s policies related to academic honesty and integrity by student-athlete or institutional staff member.

“Academic offense” is a term used to describe academic misconduct that does not constitute a violation of NCAA Bylaw 10.1-(b).

Review of Official Interpretation April 15, 2014 – Current State

“Arranging to receive fraudulent academic credit or false transcripts” refers to conduct such as altering or “doctoring” transcripts or arranging to receive credit for a course in which the prospective student-athlete or student-athlete did not enroll or he or she did not complete.

Review of Official Interpretation

April 15, 2014 – Current State

A member institution has the autonomy and authority to determine whether academic misconduct involving its institutional staff members or student-athletes has occurred.

The determination whether academic misconduct occurred must be consistent with established institutional policies applicable to all students.

Review of Official Interpretation April 15, 2014 - Current State

An institution is required to report an academic misconduct violation when:

1. An institutional staff member or student-athlete arranged for fraudulent academic credit or false transcripts; or

2. Academic misconduct resulted in an erroneous declaration of a student-athlete’s eligibility, and the student-athlete subsequently competed for the institution.

If an institution determines academic misconduct did not occur, extra benefit legislation still applies. The NCAA may find the student-athlete received impermissible benefits even when the institution finds no academic misconduct occurred.

Timeline, Projected Next Steps January 2015: Legislative concepts

reviewed by Committee on Academics.

February-May: Membership input, anticipating committee’s recommendation to propose academic misconduct post-enrollment legislation for the 2015-16 cycle. Numerous NCAA committees provide comment.

June: Committee on Academics finalizes legislative proposal for the 2015-16 legislative cycle.

June-January: Membership review and comment.

January 2016: Legislation considered for adoption by NCAA Division I Council.

Comments?

Questions?

Discussion.

Thank you.