NCAA Division I Progress Toward Degree - Advanced Eric Brey Quintin Wright Katy Yurk

Objectives 1 2 3 Update on new legislation. Review current legislation. 2 Apply legislation to real world examples. 3

Update on New Legislation

New Legislation: 2018-3 An optional minor or undergraduate certificate program must be designated before the end of the school’s first five days of classes of the term to use those credit hours to satisfy progress-toward-degree credit-hour requirements. Response to membership request. NCAA Bylaw 14.3.1.7

Legislative Concept #1 Allow a student-athlete to use credits acceptable toward any of the institution’s degree programs to meet the 18/27-hour requirement, including after the start of a student-athlete’s third year of enrollment. The six- and nine-hour requirement must be met with degree-applicable hours. Student-athlete must meet percentage-of-degree. Effective - August 1, 2019 (for fall 2019 certifications of the 18/27-hour requirement from the 2018-19 academic year).

Legislative Concept #1(Contd.) Reactions? Concerns?

Legislative Concept #2 Allow practice and competition while student-athlete is enrolled less than full time in final term if all degree requirements are completed and finishing an optional minor or undergraduate certificate program. Student-athlete cannot have used the final term exception before. Effective - August 1, 2018 The Council introduced a proposal into the 2018-19 legislative cycle to permit a student-athlete to practice and compete while enrolled less than full time in his or her final term if the student-athlete has completed all degree requirements and is enrolled in all credits needed to complete an optional or voluntary minor or undergraduate certificate program at the end of the term and he or she has not previously used the final term exception. The proposal's effective date is August 1, 2018. (Academics/Fairness/Well-Being) Rationale. Currently, a student-athlete who has completed all degree requirements but has not graduated must remain enrolled full time during a term to practice and compete. Allowing a student-athlete to be enrolled in only the credits remaining toward a designated minor or undergraduate certificate during a final term will provide some flexibility once the goal of completing a baccalaureate degree has been achieved. A student-athlete who does not receive a full scholarship would also benefit financially from this proposal.  

Legislative Concept #2(Contd.) Reactions? Concerns? What other issues should the NCAA Division I Committee on Academics consider?

Review Current Legislation

progress-Toward-Degree Requirements Credit-hour requirements Percentage-of- degree requirements Grade-point average requirements 6-hour requirement each term. 18/27-hour requirement each academic year. First year only: 24/36-hour requirement. 40% entering third year of collegiate enrollment. 60% entering fourth year. 80% entering fifth year. 90% entering second year of collegiate enrollment. 95% entering third year. 100% entering fourth year and later.

2-4 Transfer Requirements – Aid, Practice and Competition Nonqualifier / Academic Redshirt Qualifier Minimum one full-time term attended. Average of 12 hours transferable per full-time term. (e.g., three terms = 36 transferable) 2.500 grade-point average on transfer credit. *Or meets the nonqualifier rule. Graduate from two-year college. Minimum 3 full-time terms attended. Minimum 48-semester or 72- quarter hours transferable. 6/8 hours transferable English, 3/4 math, 3/4 science. 2.500 grade-point average on transfer credit.

2-4 Transfer Requirements – Aid and Practice Nonqualifier Qualifier / Academic Redshirt Earns aid practice through qualifier status. Graduate from two-year college. Minimum 3 full-time terms attended. Minimum 48-semester or 72-quarter hours transferable. 6/8-hours transferable English, 3/4 math, 3/4 science. 2.000 grade-point average on transfer credit.

2-4 Transfer Requirements - PE Nonqualifier Qualifier Limit of two hours of physical education activity coursework.* Excess hours removed from transfer total and grade-point average calculation. *See PE / education degree at certifying institution exception.

Case Study: Ray Perfect-world Ray. . . Ray is a football student-athlete at Rip Tides College, a two-year college in Florida. Ray is in his third full-time term (fall 2017). Coach at your institution began to recruit Ray and wants him to enroll fall 2018.

Case Study: Ray (contd.) Real-world Ray. . . Ray is a football student-athlete at Rip Tides College, a two-year college in Florida. He is in his fourth full-time term (spring 2018). Your coach just began to recruit Ray and he wants him to enroll beginning fall 2018.

Next Steps What is the first thing we need to know about Ray? How do you handle Ray’s case if he did not register with the NCAA Eligibility Center? Transfer evaluation form. Do you have one? Who completes that? How long does that take? What is the policy on transcripts? 1 - Qualifier status; clear history of college attendance; amateur status if hasn’t registered with EC yet; if he has no registration must default to NQ status Compliance vs. academic person completing We recommend officials from every school.

2-4 Transfer Form - Qualifier

2-4 Transfer Form – NONQUALIFIER Ray is a NQ

Rip Tides Community College Transcript 2016-17 TERM COURSE COURSE TITLE CRS. GRADE F 2016 CMPR 100 Computer & Society 3 C PE 202 Football A SPCH 101 Intro Comm. F PE 102 Intro Golf 1 SOC 101 Intro Sociology B Credits Attempted: 13 Term GPA: 2.385 Credits Earned: 10 Cumulative GPA: 2.385 SP 2017 CJ 140 Intro Criminal Justice D PE 161 Fitness Walking HIST 180 America History PE 280 Football Techniques Adv. PE 211 Football Conditioning 2 ENG 100 College Composition Credits Attempted: 15 Term GPA: 3.000 Credits Earned: 15 Cumulative GPA: 2.714 SU 2017 GEOL 101 Physical Geology POL 101 American Political Institutions SOC 120 Sociology of the Family Credits Attempted: 9 Term GPA: 1.333 Credits Earned: 9 Cumulative GPA: 2.378 Ray’s Transcript

Rip Tides Community College Transcript 2017-18 TERM COURSE COURSE TITLE CRS. GRADE F 2017 PE 177 Flag Football 1 A PE 170 Football Coaching 2 MUS 104 History of Rock and Roll 3 B CJ 160 Law and Order in America SOC 150 Sociology of Sports C Credits Attempted: 12 Term GPA: 3.000 Credits Earned: 12 Cumulative GPA: 2.531 SP 2018 CJ 180 The Criminal Mind In progress HIST 105 World History HIST 150 Civil War History PE 280 Football Techniques Adv. PE 211 Football Conditioning Credits Attempted: 13 Term GPA: Credits Earned: Cumulative GPA: SU 2018 Math 120 College Algebra Registered ENG 105 American Literature Credits Attempted: 6 Term GPA: Credits Earned: Cumulative GPA: *** End of Academic Record *** Ray’s Transcript

Transfer Credit Evaluation Course taken at Rip Tides College Transfers to our School as: Transferable to any degree? / Credit value? Grade CMPR 100 Computer & Society CS 101 Fluency with Information Technology Yes / 3 credits C SPCH 101 Intro Communications COM 112 Relational Communications Yes/ 3 credits (but failed) F PE 102 Intro Golf PE 102 General PE Activity Yes / 1 credit A SOC 101 Intro Sociology SOC 100 Principles of Sociology B CJ 140 Intro Criminal Justice CJ 100 Criminal Justice: An Introduction D PE 161 Fitness Walking HIST 180 America History HST 100 American History PE 280 Football Techniques Adv. PE 101 General PE Activity Yes, but already has 2 PE credits -- PE 211 Football Conditioning ENG 100 College Composition ENG 101 English Composition Who completed this on your campus

Transfer Credit Evaluation (contd.) Course taken at Rip Tides College Transfers to Our School as: Transferable to any degree? / Credit value? Grade GEOL 101 Physical Geology GEO 120 Geology of the Earth Yes / 3 credits D POL 101 America Political Institutions POL 100 Intro to Political Science SOC 120 Sociology of the Family SOC 102 Family Dynamics A PE 177 Flag Football PE 102 General PE Activity Yes, but already has 2 PE credits -- MUS 104 History of Rock and Roll MUS 130 Rock of Ages B CJ 160 Law and Order in America CJ 150 Laws and the People Who Break Them SOC 150 Sociology of Sports SOC 200 Sport in Society C Total after 3 FT terms – SA is short meeting required 48 credits transferable to any degree and short GPA. 35 credits transferable to any degree program 2.342 transfer GPA

Preliminary Transfer Evaluation What do we know about Ray? Nonqualifier. Transfer grade-point average of 2.342 so far. How did you obtain this number? Transcript, registrar? Lots of physical education activity hours. What can we use? Earned 35 transferable hours with 13 hours in progress. What about transferable English, math and science? Does he have to serve a year-in-residence? Last bullet will be no – needs summer school

Ray’s transfer Evaluation What else is concerning about his record?

Sharing Information Who needs to see what you have gathered in the initial stages? Is the transferability of the courses confirmed? Spring is looking good for Ray; what needs to happen this summer? Registrar or certifying officer.

Final Evaluation – Reality check Ray needs to: Earn his Associate of Arts degree by end of 2018 summer term. Earn three credit hours each, of math and English courses this summer. Have the requisite 48 credit hours and transfer grade-point average.

Ray’s Options 2018 spring term is almost over. Summer school? Rip Tides College does not have the math and English classes he needs this summer. Is this it for Ray?

Part Time at a Four-Year School You inform Ray of the news that he needs to earn three credit hours of math and English each. Can he take them at your institution over the summer? Can you pay for them? Yes, as long as he doesn’t trigger transfer and the credit earned at four-year institution legislation is satisfied. NCAA Division I Bylaws 14.5.2, 14.5.4.5.2 and 14.5.4.5.6

Two-Pronged Analysis 2-4 transfer requirements AND progress-toward-degree requirements. By the end of summer session 1, Ray meets all transfer requirements. He wants to major in criminal justice. What else should you be tracking on? 1 – he does not have to serve a year in residence 2 -Did he earn six hours during his last full-time term? He is going into his third academic year (5th full-time semester). Has he earned at least 40% of the requirements for his degree?

Criminal Justice Program Degree Requirements: 45 credits in core curriculum. 45 credits in major. 30 credits in electives.

Degree-Applicable Credit Evaluation Course taken or transferred: Degree requirement met: Credit value: Grade PE 102 (TR) Elective 1 - SOC 101 (TR) Core 3 CJ 140 (TR) Major PE 161 (TR) HIST 180 (TR) ENG 100 (TR) GEOL 101 (TR) POL 101 (TR) SOC 120 (TR)

Degree-Applicable Credit Evaluation (contd.) Course taken or transferred: Degree requirement met: Credit value: Grade: MUS 104 (TR) Elective 3 - CJ 160 (TR) Major SOC 150 (TR) CJ 180 (TR) HIST 150 (TR) ENG 101 Core B MATH 100 Progress toward the 40% requirement: 44/120 = 36.67% 3.0 Ray has complete 44 of the 120 credits required for the degree; leaving him with 76 credits to go.

More Summer Classes? Ray needs four hours to meet percentage requirements. How are you going to advise Ray? Can he take more summer classes? After looking at his transcript you see that he took nine hours in summer 2017. Summer Terms Hours Summer 2017 9 hours Summer 2018 12 hours (6 core courses for trans. req. + 6 major hours) Total 21 hours Can they see that Ray exceeds the limit on summer courses

Summer Hour Limit Applies to nonqualifiers. Only applies to transfer legislation, not progress toward degree. No more than 18/27 hours total. No more than 9/13.5 hours in the summer prior to transfer. Bylaw 14.5.4.2.3 9 + 6 = 15 for transfer requirements 6 = percentage of degree Ray can take all of his summer courses. Note – we get this question a lot. Emphasis on the fact that the limitation is on hours to meet transfer requirements only.

Fall 2018 Ray passed all of his summer courses! Ray meets with his advisor to get placed in classes that are available. Classes are limited because Ray was not on the priority registration list. Ray is ultimately enrolled in 13 upper level credit hours. May want to ask if the optional minor should be something to consider for Ray – may be able to adjust his 13 hours of upper division work with some optional minor courses. cont…

Fall 2018 (Contd.) Ray is having an outstanding fall term on the football field but not so much in the classroom. Managing football and academics is a bigger challenge than Ray expected. On a positive note, the football team is “going bowling!” Exams are over and Ray’s grades are beginning to post.

Post-Season Bowl Requirement What does Ray need to participate in the bowl game? What if all grades did not post before the bowl game? Can Ray still play? Coach needs him! Six hours. Bylaw 14.4.3.4.2 Timing of certification. Bylaw 14.4.3.4.2.2

Fall 2018 Final Grades Final grades are in and Ray successfully completes nine hours. Great! Is that all he needs? What else should you be tracking on? What about his grade-point average? Ray is subject to grade-point average requirements after first academic term (Bylaw 14.4.3.3.1) But does Ray need to meet the grade-point average requirement for the bowl game? What about good academic standing? Does that apply to bowl eligibility? Checklist, Earned six hours. Bylaw 14.4.3.1. Earned nine hours. Bylaw 14.4.3.1.6. Did he earn the E point? Ray is subject to GPA requirements after first academic term. Bylaw 14.4.3.3 – but does Ray need the GPA requirement for the bowl game? Does he need to be in good standing?

Additional Football Requirements Ray’s grade-point average after 2018 fall term is 1.837 (graduation requires a 2.000) What issues does Ray have with certification? What does Ray need to do to recover? What are his next progress-toward-degree requirements for the academic year? Did Ray earn the Eligibility point? Nine hours plus eligibility point. Bylaw 14.4.3.1.6 He must earn 27 hours prior to the start off the 2016 fall term or he must sit out the first four contests. Bylaws 14.4.3.1.6.1 and 14.4.3.1.6.2.

Spring 2019 – Major Change You now know that you must advise Ray to earn at least 27 hours before fall 2019. During 2019 spring term Ray changed his major from criminal justice to sociology. How should Ray be advised further? Is he making the road to earning 27 hours steeper?

Change of Degree Program During Term If a student-athlete changes degree programs during a term in accordance with institutional policy, the credits earned during that term may be applied toward the degree previously sought or toward the new degree for the purpose of fulfilling credit-hour requirements. Official Interpretation March 27, 2018 This will be incorporated into the 2018-19 NCAA Manual! Opportunity to remind about the interpretation project. This was a staff interpretation that the memerbship uses so much, it should be part of the manual. The staff interp. Had to become official before it could be worked intot he manual.

No Bachelor of Arts Degree in Football Ray suffered a knee injury during 2019 spring game. The injury will keep him sidelined for several months. During 2019 spring term, Ray earns 15 hours and he earns 9 hours over the summer. Everything is falling into place

Preparing for the Future Ray gets his act together academically and is thinking about life after football. He wants to participate in an internship and maybe even start taking classes to prepare him for law school. He is ahead in his degree percentage and his grade-point average is better. He now wants to explore. How do you advise Ray?

Ray’s Academic History Term Degree Applicable Hours Earned Fall 2016 10 Spring 2017 Summer 2017 9 Fall 2017 Spring 2018 Summer 2018 6 Fall 2018 Spring 2019 15 Summer 2019 Fall 2019 Spring 2020 0 (optional internship) Total 101 /120 completed Ray has 19 credits to go until graduation and 2 regular terms and 2 summers left.

Optional Internship The internship is not required and Ray will not earn any hours (though he is considered full time). How do you advise Ray for spring 2020? 18-hour rule? 6-hour rule? Can he work in courses that might help him prepare for law school before he graduates? Bylaw 14.4.3.6 – e: Cooperative Educational Work Experience and Study Abroad Programs. The provisions of Bylaw 14.4.3.1-(b) may be prorated at nine hours for each term the student-athlete is enrolled in a cooperative educational work experience (e.g., co-op, internship, practicum, student teaching) or an institutionally approved study-abroad program, subject to the following conditions: (1) The institution considers the student-athlete to be a full-time student while participating in the cooperative educational work experience or study-abroad program; (2) The student-athlete satisfactorily completes the cooperative educational work experience or study-abroad program; and (3) At the time of certification, the student-athlete has fulfilled the progress-toward-degree requirements (per Bylaw 14.4.3) for the terms in which the student-athlete has been in regular full-time attendance.

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