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2004-05 Academic Progress Rate Institutional Report (PDF)
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Dec. 5, 2005 Columbia, Mo. -
University of Missouri-Columbia officials today announced that the NCAA has finalized the Athletic Academic Progress Rate (APR) for MU. The APR is a term-by-term measure of eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes who have received institutional financial aid based on athletic ability during an academic term.
"We're very pleased with the results of the latest APR report," said Mike Alden, MU director of athletics. "The numbers are very positive overall for MU, and we believe they reflect our core value of academic integrity and how dedicated we are to providing a high-quality educational experience for our young men and women at Mizzou."
At MU, every sport met or exceeded the APR requirements for the 04-05 academic year as well as the multi-year average. Seven sports, which included men's cross country, men's golf, women's cross country, women's golf, women's gymnastics, women's tennis, and volleyball, had perfect scores for the 04-05 academic year.
While the NCAA will eventually require a four-year average score for each sport, the multi-year average only includes the past two years. Institutions are given points on whether a student-athlete remains academically eligible for competition and either returns to the institution the following semester or graduates. A maximum of two points per student/per semester is awarded.
The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution's control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family.
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Academic Progress Rate (APR) Tutorial
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Academic Progress Rate
The APR is a term-by-term measure of eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes who have received institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability during the academic term(s) in question. The APR is tied directly to the Division I academic performance program. Data collection for this "snapshot" rate, calculated on a team-by-team basis, will occur at the beginning of each academic year (based on student-athlete academic performance during the previous academic year). Individual institutional and team rates will be reported each winter. There are several variables required to calculate the APR. First, each institution must determine the term-by-term academic eligibility status for each student-athlete in the cohort. Second, the question of retention for each student-athlete must be determined by confirming whether each student-athlete returned (or continued enrollment) as a full-time student as of the fifth week of classes or the official census date, whichever is earlier, in the following regular academic term.
Institutional Report Explanation (See NCAA Division I 2004-05 Academic Progress Rate Institution Report)
Column 1: Sport.
Columns 2-4: APR Scores. APR scores incorporate points earned (as defined by the NCAA) for student-athlete graduation and retention. They also include graduation bonuses and APR adjustments. A maximum score of 1000 can be obtained. Graduation bonuses are awarded for former student-athletes (not included in the current cohorts) who graduate during the reporting year. Institutions can request APR adjustments for a student-athlete who leaves the institution, but would have been eligible to compete if he/she had returned. Requests for adjustments are reviewed in the context of whether the student-athlete was not retained due to mitigating circumstances beyond the control of the student-athlete and/or the team/institution. Examples may include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics (must sign professional contract, accept prize money or compete as a professional athlete), student-athletes who suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or extreme financial difficulties as a result of a specific event (i.e. death in the family). Documentation must be provided to the NCAA before adjustments can be approved.
Multiyear Rate (N): This column shows the APR rate for 2003-04 and 2004-05. As data collection continues this score will eventually represent a four-year average. The (N) shows the combined number of student-athletes included in the cohorts for each sport.
Multiyear Rate Upper Confidence Boundary: Since four years of data are not yet available, the NCAA has developed a statistically derived margin of error for each sport, which will help ensure that penalties given to teams with small sample sizes are as statistically valid as those for teams with large sample sizes. Confidence boundaries vary from sport to sport depending upon squad sizes. The report only provides the upper boundary limit. However, notations are made should sports fail to meet the minimum boundary limit. A sport whose APR score falls below the minimum 925 cutoff, but are within the confidence boundaries will not be penalized. Scores for all MU sports either exceed the 925 minimum cutoff or fall within the confidence boundaries.
2004-05 (N): This column represents the sport's score for only 2004-05 and the number of student-athletes in that sport's cohort.
Columns 5 & 6: Eligibility/Graduation. These columns show the rates for each sport based upon student-athletes who met all NCAA, conference & institutional requirements for eligibility and/or graduation. These rates include approved APR adjustments. They do NOT include graduation bonuses since a student-athlete who earns this bonus point is not in the cohort being reflected. Multi-year rates (2 year average) and 2004-05 rates are shown in the report.
Columns 7 & 8: Retention. The columns show the rates for each sport based upon student-athletes retention as of the census date for the following term.
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