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University Athletics Board Report to Senate on The Intercollegiate Athletics’ Academic and Athletic Progress May 11, 2009 BACKGROUND AND CHARGE In May of 2008, the UAB presented a report to the Senate entitled “Our Division I Status, and the Athletic Fields Renovation Project”. The report was initiated by then Senate President Timothy Craine. President Crane requested that the UAB address the issues of “the place of intercollegiate athletics at CCSU in relation to our mission” and “[O]ur division one status . . . should be reviewed in terms of its costs and benefits.” The UAB’s report was accepted by the Senate. The Senate subsequently moved that the University administration develop a measurement tool in the following four areas that "can be used to help the University community gauge whether or not its present athletic operation and Division I status are compatible with its goals. These areas are:
· Team APR and
overall departmental score Additionally, benchmarks and milestones would be implemented with the goal of reviewing ICA’s [Intercollegiate Athletics’] progress on a six to seven year basis. The UAB was charged with preparing the yearly report to the Senate regarding these four measures in order to appropriately prepare the Senate for an evaluative discussion of our Division I status in another six to seven years. In April of 2009, members of the UAB
met with the Senate Steering Committee seeking guidance as to the
appropriate information for the report. It was decided that we would
report on the Academic Progress Rate of our athletic teams, we would
discuss/suggest questions for the 2010 CIRP survey, and we would track
attendance at athletic events via swipe cards starting in the fall of
2009. In addition, we discussed, depending on resources such as use of
a M.A. Statistics student, that in the future we could possibly compare
our D-1 and D-2 data regarding class rank and compare current
admissions/enrollments/SAT/class-rank with CSUS sisters and with public
cohorts if possible. Team APR and Overall Departmental Score The Academic Progress Rate (APR) is a real-time assessment of a team’s academic performance. Each scholarship athlete can be awarded two points each term they meet academic-eligibility standards and return as a student-athlete to the institution. A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible. (http://www.ccsu.edu/UPBC/Year07-08/athletics_APR_supp.pdf) The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and includes students transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained. Lastly, the GSR also allows for institutions to count first time full time enrollees aided and entering in the spring term. (http://www.ccsu.edu/UPBC/Year07-08/athletics_APR_supp.pdf) Attached is the UAB’s Study of Athletics which examines the progress of our athletics programs using the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classification search engine to identify comparable universities that also have Division I athletics programs. This study examines comparable Division I universities regarding the 2008 APR DATA, the 2008 Graduation Success Rate (GSR) DATA, and the 2008 Six Year Graduation Rates. Of note is the 2008 APR Data. It includes scores from all 18 athletic teams. Seven (7) programs were below the group average while six (6) equaled or exceeded the group average and another five (5) equaled or exceeded their group and NCAA average. Competitiveness To date, during the 2008-2009 academic year, the CCSU athletic teams have had great success. Some of the key highlights are as follows: Women’s Soccer Wins the NEC and competed in the NCAA tournament; Women’s Swimming Wins the NEC for back to back seasons; Women’s Basketball had the best turnaround in the nation and made its first WNIT appearance; Men’s Golf finished second in the NEC; and Baseball is currently tied for first in the final two weekends of conference play and is hoping to secure one of four playoff spots. On an individual level several of our athletes received special recognition for their efforts. Eric Hawerchuck, Men’s Golf, won the NEC tournament and will advance to the NCAA Regional; Yan Klukowski, Men’s Soccer, is the Glastone Award Winner for Outstanding Senior Male Athlete and Erin Crowley, Swimming, is the Gail Rutz Winner for Outstanding female athlete. Fundraising and Public Relations No specific data is available at this time. In the 2009-2010 academic year, the UAB will be working to develop additional data sources with the assistance with the Department of Athletics and the Office of Institutional Advancement. |