Conference Carolinas Shines in Latest Academic Success Rates Released by NCAA Division II
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas owns an impressive rate of 75 percent in the latest Academic Success Rates released by NCAA Division II.
The national four-year ASR average increased slightly to 74 percent, and the entering class of 2013 increased two points to 77 percent, an all-time high for single-year rates.
In total, Conference Carolinas had 2,514 of 3,367 (75 percent) graduate in the latest Academic Success Rates released by NCAA Division II (2010-2013 freshman cohorts).
“This latest ASR percentage for Conference Carolinas speaks volumes about the hard work and efforts being done behind the scenes and in the classroom by our member institutions,” Commissioner Chris Colvin said. “It’s obviously a point of pride in Conference Carolinas that we work to build champions in body, mind and soul. This is just another example that clearly demonstrates that our institutions value having their student-athletes be successful not only in NCAA competition and in the community but also in the classroom.”
This is the 15th year the NCAA has released the ASR. The NCAA developed the Division II ASR at the request of college and university presidents who believed the federal graduation rate was flawed. Division II’s ASR data takes transfer students into account and removes students who left the institution in good academic standing.
In addition, given the partial-scholarship financial aid model of Division II, the ASR data includes student-athletes not on athletically related financial aid. The result is that ASR captures approximately 32,000 non-scholarship student-athletes who enrolled from 2010 through 2013, the four years covered in the most recent data.
Even when utilizing the less-inclusive federal rate, Division II student-athletes perform significantly better than the general student body. The federal rate for Division II student-athletes in the 2013 entering class increased by 1 point to 62 percent — another all-time high —while the general student body increased 1 point to 53 percent, a difference of nine points.
At the NCAA Convention in January 2014, the Division II membership approved a legislative package intended to increase student-athlete success and graduation rates. The package addresses a variety of academic standards, and includes adjustments to eligibility standards, progress-toward-degree requirements and standards for transfers from two-year colleges. This is the third academic year in which all of these requirements are in effect.
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