A G E N D A

 

 

National Collegiate Athletic Association

 

Division I Committee on Academic Performance

 

 

NCAA National Office October 30, 2007

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

 

1. Welcome and introductions. [Supplement No. 1]

 

 

2. Review the July 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 August 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)

 

 

6. Update regarding access to athletics activities (e.g., summer workouts) incentive concept for women?s basketball. (Dickman)

 

 

7. Update regarding outreach to wrestling coaches. (Bill Regan)

 

 

8. Release of Graduation Success Rate data. [Supplement No. 5] (Todd Petr and Regan)

 

 

9. Update from committee ad hoc group to review additional penalties for baseball teams scoring below 900. [Supplement No. 6] (Bill Regan)

 

Anticipated Action Item:

?                     Recommendation regarding additional historical penalties for low-performing baseball teams.


10. Review transfer data and consider potential policy changes. [Supplement No. 7 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.

 

Anticipated Action Item:

?                     Recommendation regarding APR adjustment for transfer.

 

 

11. Review and take action on the teleconference report from the NCAA Division I Committee on Academic Performance Subcommittee on Appeals. [Supplement No. 8] (Pete Boone and Christine Simatacolos)

 

Anticipated Action Item:

?                    Approve policies and procedures for review of conditionally approved historical-penalty waivers.

 

 

12. Review and take action on the report from the NCAA Division I Committee on Academic Performance Subcommittee on Data Collection and Reporting. [Supplement No. 9] (Jack Evans and Katy Yurk)

 

Anticipated Action Item:

?                    Approve recommendation from the Baseball Academic Enhancement Group ad hoc committee.


13. Legislative review. [Supplement No. 10] (Regan)

 

Anticipated Action Item:

?                    Recommendation regarding NCAA Proposal Nos. 2007-65, 2007-68, 2007-73 and 2007-104.

 

 

14. Review APR improvement chart. [Supplement No. 11] (Paskus and Petr)

 

 

15. Update regarding implementation of APR improvement plan outreach and reporting requirement. (Leger)

 

 

16. Update regarding implementation of SSF. (Cromer)

 

 

17. Educational initiatives update. [Supplement No. 12] (Leger)

 

?                    NCAA - National Association of Athletic Advisors (N4A) partnership. (Leger)

 

 

18. Expense reimbursement process. [Supplement No. 13 to be distributed at the meeting.] (Melissa Montgomery)

 

 

19. Future meeting schedule.

 

a. January 10-11, 2008; Nashville, Tennessee.

 

?                     January 9 - Travel anytime.

 

?                     January 10 - Subcommittees meet from 8 to 11 a.m.

Full committee meets from 2 to 6 p.m.

 

?                     January 11 - Full committee meets from 8 a.m. to noon.

Return travel in the afternoon.

 

b. April 21-22, 2008; Indianapolis.

 

?                     April 21 - Travel in the morning.

Subcommittees meet from 2 to 6 p.m.


?                     April 22 - Full committee meets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

?                     April 23 ? Return travel anytime.

 

 

20. Other business.

 

 

21. Adjournment.