On Tuesday, October 25, a membership call for all Division II members of CoSIDA was conducted and focused on the release of the Division II federal graduate rate and Academic Success Rate data.
Below is a link to the on-demand audio archive, courtesy of TRZ Sports/TEAMLINE, and links to the NCAA.org articles concerning Division I and Division I APR and ASR information.
CoSIDA Membership Call
Division II Graduation Rate and Academic Success Rate Data Release
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Topics/Presenters:
1. Overview of Division II Academic Success Rates and federal graduation rates. (Terri Steeb-Gronau, Director of Division II, NCAA)
2. Accessing, reading and interpreting graduation-rates reports. [Supplement No. 1 found in PDF, below] (Gregg Summers, Associate Director of Research, NCAA)
3. Review of news release template. [Supplement Nos. 2a and 2b]
(Cameron Schuh, Associate Director for Public and Media Relations, NCAA)
4. Questions
Moderator: Greg Goings (Bowie State), DII-SIDA President
Access the On-Demand Audio Archive of the call:
http://www.teamline.cc/sport_schedule?teamcode=1184&eventcode=59
Go to the 10/24/2011 event and click "Listen" (FREE)
if you wish to download a copy of the call, click "Download"; there is a fee of $5 for the download.
Searchable Database
Searchable Division II federal graduation rates/Academic Success Rates database is available at: http://web1.ncaa.org/GSRSearch/exec/homePageDiv2?p=gsr20110817
NCAA.org information and resources on the AGR/ASR
NCAA grad rates top 80 percent
Call documents: Division II resources for the ASR/AGR (PDF)
Background
• This reporting cycle represents the sixth year that Academic Success Rate (ASR) data have been collected for Division II institutions.
• The federal graduation rate includes only first-time, full-time fall freshmen. For student-athlete rates, it includes only those receiving athletics aid in their freshman year.
• The Division II ASR includes transfersinto an institution in the calculation of the rate, but removesfrom the cohort students who leave the institution while academically eligible to compete.
• Additionally, the ASR includes all non-scholarshipfreshman student-athletes on the roster on the first date of competition.