Athletic Terms
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) - governing body of collegiate sports that oversees 23 sports and championships at over 1,200 institutions.
Graduation Success Rate (GSR) - method designed to measure the rate of recruited freshmen players on scholarship enrolled in fall or early admittance in spring, in athletic programs who have earned an undergraduate degree. The GSR was developed by the NCAA to accurately reflect student-athletes who move in an out of institutions still in good academic standing.
Example: Joe-Bob transferred out of the University of Georgia his junior year, but left on good academic standing and on track to graduate. Job-Bob transferring to a new institution will not hold UGA accountable as a student-athlete who failed graduate; he will be picked up as an transfer-student to the new institution and included in that GSR report.
John Doe, started at the University of Georgia in fall his freshmen year and finished his undergraduate degree there within the six years given to complete a degree. He counts as a student-athlete who graduated from the university.
Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) - method used by U.S. Department of Education to track recruited student-athletes within the start of their full-time freshmen year who graduated within the six years given at their original four-year institution.
Example: Joe-Bob was recruited to the University of Georgia as a freshman but decided to transfer to Auburn University his junior year. Under the FGR as an indicator of academic success, Job-Bob did not graduate from UGA, neither did he from AU since that is not his original institution he attended. He is uncounted for.
Academic Progression Rate (APR) - metric system designed to track the academic progression of separate teams with individuals receiving financial aid based on their graduation eligibility and retention rates. Each semester a full-time student can possibly earn two points: eligibility/graduation (1) and returning to institution (1); that is a possible four points an academic year. At the end of the year, each point that a student-athlete earned will be totaled with their teammates by total number of possible points earned. Division I institutions are held accountable for the academic progression of their students; meaning athletic departments face penalty for falling under the minimum 900 over four years or 930 over the last two years out of a total score of 1000.
Example: The University of Georgia has 100 football players, if each players receives four points each the total possible points earned is 400. Let's say the team earned 380 points, so 300 / 400 = .95 X 1000 = 950 APR
Cohort - select group used as a base to measure progression.
The GSR only reflects the cohort pertaining the six years prior. look at year 2006. The incoming freshmen class of 2006 is used as a cohort for 2012 to measure how many student-athletes of that class graduated over those six years.
Graduation Success Rate (GSR) - method designed to measure the rate of recruited freshmen players on scholarship enrolled in fall or early admittance in spring, in athletic programs who have earned an undergraduate degree. The GSR was developed by the NCAA to accurately reflect student-athletes who move in an out of institutions still in good academic standing.
Example: Joe-Bob transferred out of the University of Georgia his junior year, but left on good academic standing and on track to graduate. Job-Bob transferring to a new institution will not hold UGA accountable as a student-athlete who failed graduate; he will be picked up as an transfer-student to the new institution and included in that GSR report.
John Doe, started at the University of Georgia in fall his freshmen year and finished his undergraduate degree there within the six years given to complete a degree. He counts as a student-athlete who graduated from the university.
Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) - method used by U.S. Department of Education to track recruited student-athletes within the start of their full-time freshmen year who graduated within the six years given at their original four-year institution.
Example: Joe-Bob was recruited to the University of Georgia as a freshman but decided to transfer to Auburn University his junior year. Under the FGR as an indicator of academic success, Job-Bob did not graduate from UGA, neither did he from AU since that is not his original institution he attended. He is uncounted for.
Academic Progression Rate (APR) - metric system designed to track the academic progression of separate teams with individuals receiving financial aid based on their graduation eligibility and retention rates. Each semester a full-time student can possibly earn two points: eligibility/graduation (1) and returning to institution (1); that is a possible four points an academic year. At the end of the year, each point that a student-athlete earned will be totaled with their teammates by total number of possible points earned. Division I institutions are held accountable for the academic progression of their students; meaning athletic departments face penalty for falling under the minimum 900 over four years or 930 over the last two years out of a total score of 1000.
Example: The University of Georgia has 100 football players, if each players receives four points each the total possible points earned is 400. Let's say the team earned 380 points, so 300 / 400 = .95 X 1000 = 950 APR
Cohort - select group used as a base to measure progression.
The GSR only reflects the cohort pertaining the six years prior. look at year 2006. The incoming freshmen class of 2006 is used as a cohort for 2012 to measure how many student-athletes of that class graduated over those six years.