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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 55652, member: 1423"] The definitions don't talk about GPA, only whether students are: 1) "academically eligible"; and 2) "remain with the institution" (i.e., stay in school). One point is awarded for each. The APR is the total points awarded each term for all the scholarship students in the program, divided by the total points possible. Here's the language (this hasn't been updated to the new 930 requirement): [LIST] [*][B]Academic Progress Rate (APR).[/B] The APR is the fulcrum upon which the entire academic-reform structure rests. Developed as a more real-time assessment of teams' academic performance than the six-year graduation-rate calculation provides, the APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible. [*][B]925.[/B] This is the cut score the Division I Board of Directors approved for immediate (or contemporaneous) penalties. APR scores have already become meaningful numbers to the NCAA membership and general public. Based on prior data, an APR score of 925 (out of 1,000) translates to an approximate 60 percent Graduation Success Rate. [*][B]900.[/B] This is the cut score for historical penalties. This benchmark of 900 APR translates to an approximate 45 percent Graduation Success Rate. [*][B]0-for-2[/B]. Under the APR calculation, an "0-for-2" student-athlete is one who is neither academically eligible nor remains with the institution. An 0-for-2 player might be one who transfers, leaves the institution for personal reasons or leaves to turn pro and would not have been academically eligible had he or she returned. Obviously, these are the types of situations the academic-reform structure is most meant to address, since they are the most damaging to a team's APR. While teams cannot always control the reasons student-athletes leave, the immediate (or contemporaneous) penalty holds them accountable for at least making sure student-athletes are academically eligible during their college tenures. [/LIST] [URL='http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/NCAA/Academics+and+Athletes/Education+and+Research/Academic+Reform/General+Information/defining_academic_reform.html']http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/NCAA/Academics and Athletes/Education and Research/Academic Reform/General Information/defining_academic_reform.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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