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"We are proud that every one of our athletic teams at Illinois State
University has exceeded the NCAA's threshold of 925 for the APR, and
I'm equally as proud that none of our programs are subject to any
penalties," Zenger said.
The intent of the APR rating is to provide a real-time snapshot
of an institution's current academic progress, while the GSR
measures more long-term performance. Illinois State's team GSR
scores, which were released by the NCAA in December, are based upon
student-athletes who were enrolled at the institution from 1995 to
1999 and are not reflective of any current student-athletes.
"Overall our GSR scores are very high," said Cindy Harris,
assistant athletics director for compliance. "We do have a
noticeable drop in football and men's basketball, but those are
mostly due to previous coaching changes and the transferring of
student-athletes that goes along with those coaching transitions."
The GSR was created in response to significant national criticism
of the methods used previously to compile the federal graduation
rates for student-athletes. The federal measure counted transfer
students and athletes who entered professional drafts -- including
students in good academic standing -- as failures. The newly created
GSR no longer counts those departing students against the graduation
rate.
Zenger underlined the need for all coaches and staff at Illinois
State to focus on the pursuit of a degree for their
student-athletes.
"We are fully dedicated to the mission of educating our
student-athletes and preparing them to become tomorrow's leaders,"
said Zenger.
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Illinois State University's NCAA Academic Progress Rate and
Graduation Success Rate scores (as of January 2006)
|
Women |
APR |
GSR |
|
Basketball |
977 |
73% |
|
Cross country |
1,000 |
72% |
|
Golf |
1,000 |
100% |
|
Gymnastics |
980 |
100% |
|
Soccer |
981 |
79% |
|
Softball |
949 |
92% |
|
Swimming and diving |
987 |
92% |
|
Tennis |
1,000 |
88% |
|
Indoor track and field |
983 |
72% |
|
Outdoor track and field |
983 |
72% |
|
Volleyball |
989 |
92% |
|
Men |
APR |
GSR |
|
Baseball |
955 |
83% |
|
Basketball |
904* |
55% |
|
Cross country |
969 |
60% |
|
Football |
924* |
54% |
|
Golf |
967 |
75% |
|
Tennis |
986 |
89% |
|
Indoor track and field |
966 |
60% |
|
Outdoor track and field |
964 |
60% |
*Men's basketball and football APR scores fall within the NCAA's
acceptable confidence boundary.
Academic Progress Rate scores include two years of data: 2003-04
and 2004-05.
Graduation Success Rate scores include four years of data:
1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99.
[Illinois
State University news release provided by Todd Kober, assistant
athletics director, media relations]
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