Links to External Resources

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Academic Integrity

• NCAA Division I Head Coach Academic Progress Rate database
  Academic Progress Rate (APR) and employment data submitted by institutions for individual head coaches. The database is searchable by school, sport, year, and head coach first and last name.
• The Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA)
  The COIA is an alliance of 56 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision university faculty senates whose aim is to promote comprehensive reform of intercollegiate sports.
• Academic Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics: Principles, Rules, and Best Practices
  This document, adopted by COIA in 2005, is a collection of best practices and policy recommendations to the NCAA on five essential areas of athletic academic reform: (1) Admissions; (2) Scholarships; (3) Curricular Integrity; (4) Time Commitment, Missed Class Time, and Scheduling of Competitions; and (5) Policies Concerning the Office of Academic Advising for Athletes.
• NCAA Academic Reform Web site
  This Web site provides detailed information developed to explain new academic requirements and new NCAA metrics designed to measure academic success – the Academic Progress Rate (APR) and Graduation Success Rate (GSR). Links on this page also provide access to databases that provide the APR and GSR for each Division I institution.
• NCAA Federal Graduation Rates Database
  The NCAA records the graduation rates mandated by the government. These rates, known as the Federal Graduation Rates, are accessible by institution or in aggregate, from 1999 to the most current reporting year.
• “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates and Academic Progress Rates (APR) for 2009 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams.”
  The annual study examines the progress toward graduation for teams competing in the NCAA Division I men's basketbal tournement, as measured by Graduation Success Rates (GSR) and Academic Progress Rates (APR). The study includes a comparison of the academic performance of African‐American and White male basketball athletes.