A G E N D A
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Division I Committee on Academic Performance
1. Welcome and introductions. [Supplement No. 1]
2. Review the April report of the NCAA Division I Committee on Academic Performance. [Supplement No. 2] (Diane Dickman)
3.
Update from the NCAA Division I Board of Directors April
meeting. [Supplement
No. 3] (Walter Harrison)
4. Update from President Myles Brand.
5. Update regarding the Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group. [Supplement No. 4] (Kevin Lennon)
a. Access to athletics activities (e.g., summer workouts) incentive concept will be forwarded to Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Group.
b. Update regarding increased access in women’s basketball. [Supplement No. 5] (Dickman)
c. Development of “Year of Academic Readiness” concept. [Supplement No. 6] (Dickman)
6. Update
regarding the Board’s review of the Baseball Academic Enhancement Working
Group recommendations. [Supplement
No. 7] (
· Additional penalties for baseball teams scoring below 900. [Supplement No. 8] (Bill Regan)
Anticipated
Action Item:
· Recommendation regarding additional historical penalties for low-performing baseball teams.
7. Requests from other sport communities interested in improving student-athlete performance. (Lennon and Regan)
8. Review profiles of “0 for 2” student-athletes. [Supplement No. 9] (Tom Paskus and Todd Petr)
9. Review research regarding possible adjustment to NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) calculation to account for institutional characteristics (e.g., resources, mission). [Supplement No. 10] (Paskus and Petr)
a. Discuss rationale for such an adjustment.
b. Discuss criteria for determining application.
c. Adjustment options.
Anticipated
Action Item:
· Recommendation regarding adjustment to APR calculation to account for institutional characteristics.
10. Review impact of “improvement plus” model and alternative approaches to determining “improvement.” [Supplement No. 11 to be distributed at the meeting.] (Dickman, Paskus and Petr)
Anticipated
Action Item:
· Recommendation regarding determination of “improvement” within NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program (APP) penalty structure.
11. APR Improvement Plan support and consideration within the contemporaneous- and historical-penalty waiver directive. [Supplement No. 12 to be distributed at the meeting.] (Carrie Leger, Paskus, Petr and Regan)
Anticipated
Action Item:
· Amend the contemporaneous- and historical-penalty waiver directive.
12. Review transfer data and consider potential policy changes. [Supplement Nos. 13 and 14 (Supplement No. 14 to be distributed at the meeting.)] (Jack McArdle, Paskus and Regan)
a. Academic impact of transferring.
(1) Time to graduation.
(2) Probability of graduation.
b. Impact on APR.
(1) APR overall.
(2) “Cut” point adjustments.
c. Alternative APR models.
13. Consider addition of APR-focused Division I membership requirements. [Supplement No. 15] (Regan)
14. Review and take action on the teleconference report from the NCAA Division I Committee on Academic Performance Subcommittee on Appeals. [Supplement No. 16 to be distributed at the meeting.] (Britton Banowsky and Regan)
Anticipated
Action Items:
a. Amend the committee’s policies and procedures regarding teams that fail to implement historical penalties.
b. Amend the Contemporaneous and Historical Penalty Waiver Directive to establish criteria for requests to delay the imposition of a historical penalty.
15. Review and take action on the report from the NCAA Division I Committee on Academic Performance Subcommittee on Data Collection and Reporting. [Supplement No. 17] (Jack Evans and Katy Yurk)
Anticipated
Action Items:
a. Approve APR adjustment directive.
b. Approve 2006-07 APR and Penalty reports.
c. Amend the committee’s policies and procedures to clarify the application of the missed-term exception.
16. Review proposed Division I governance structure. [Supplement No. 18] (Dickman)
17. Review NCAA Research Committee report regarding “Student-Athlete Learning Assessment” research request. [Supplement No. 19] (Petr)
18. Educational initiatives update. [Supplement No. 20] (Leger and Regan)
a. APP seminars. (Regan)
b. NCAA - National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) online course. (Leger)
c. NCAA - NACADA academic reform summer institute. (Leger)
d. NCAA - National Association of Athletic Advisors (N4A) APR workshop pilot. (Leger)
19. Guidelines regarding meeting minutes, notes and e-mail. [Supplement No. 21] (Dickman)
20. Future meeting schedule.
a. October
29-31;
· October 29 - Travel in the morning.
Subcommittees meet from 1 to 5 p.m.
· October 30 - Full committee meets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
· October 31 - Return travel in the morning. No meetings.
b. January
9-10, 2008;
· January 9 - Travel in the morning.
Subcommittees meet from 1 to 5 p.m.
· January 10 - Full committee meets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
· January 11 - Return travel in the morning. No meetings.
21. Other business.
22. Adjournment.