ND Fares Well in NCAA's Graduation Success Rate (GSR)

Sid · Sep 27, 2006

Seventeen of 22 athletics programs at the University of Notre Dame compiled
graduation rates of 100 percent, and none were below 90
percent, according to the second year of Graduation Success Rate
measurements developed by the NCAA and released today.

The GSR was created a year ago by the NCAA to more accurately reflect
actual graduation rates by including transfer data in the
calculation. The graduation rate methodology used by the Department of
Education counts all student-athletes who transfer from or leave
an institution for any reason as non-graduates from their initial school,
even if they leave in good academic standing.

College and university presidents asked the NCAA to develop a new
methodology that takes into account the mobility among students in
today's higher education environment. Research indicates that approximately
60 percent of all new bachelor's degree recipients are
attending more than one undergraduate institution during their collegiate
careers.

NCAA figures released today showed that, among Notre Dame's men's sports,
baseball, cross country/track, fencing, ice hockey, soccer,
swimming and tennis achieved 100 percent GSR scores. Lacrosse scored 97
percent, football scored 95 percent, golf was 92 percent and
basketball was 91 percent. The same seven Irish men's programs also scored
100 percent in the 2005 data.

The Irish women's programs with a GSR of 100 percent were basketball, cross
country/track, fencing, golf, lacrosse, rowing,
softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball. Soccer scored a 94 percent GSR.
Rowing, like men's lacrosse, was included for the first
time in 2006 for Notre Dame because the University offered grants in aid
during the years covered in the survey. Beyond rowing, the other
10 Irish women's programs earning 100 percent ratings in 2006 also earned
100 percent figures in 2005.

In 2005, among the 119 NCAA Division I-A institutions, Notre Dame had the
highest percentage of its sports with 100 percent scores,
with a .800 figure (16 of 20). The 2006 data puts Notre Dame's percentage
at .773 (17 of 22).

The 2006 national GSR for Division I-A is 77 percent, up one percent from a
year ago.

The 2006 GSR data is based on entering classes from 1996 to 1999. The 2005
first-year GSR data was based upon the entering classes from 1995 to 1998.

The GSR should not be confused with another recent NCAA initiative, the
Academic Progress Rate, which uses a series of formulas related
to student-athlete retention and eligibility to measure the academic
performance of all participants who receive a grant-in-aid on every
team at every NCAA Division I college and university.

In addition to the GSR, the NCAA will continue to compile data and release
results based upon the federally mandated methodology.
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Terry O'Keefe · Sep 27, 2006

This ties in with this article. Naturally all ND Fans and Alums are proud of the accomplishments of the program to consistently meet our obligation to the players who enter the program. That is to provide an environment that is conducive to their caring about graduating. It is an environment that has been around for as long as we've been playing football. It is an environment that really and truly won't work every place. I think it's partly because the student body in general is such a high achieving group who have always finished what they started and graduate almost 100% of the time in the four years that they are there and there is not very many kids who start at ND and don't finish there. And since the players are not allowed to have their own apartments off campus, I know for at least the first 2 years maybe 3 years, they are pulled along by that same high achieving student body. That and the very same screening process that sometimes irritates us when we read that we can't recruit some super stud because of academics, also helps to bring in guys who have a chance to succeed.

Among The Associated Press' Top 25 football teams, five schools met or exceeded the national average with Notre Dame leading the way at 95 percent. The others were Nebraska at 88 percent, Florida at 80 percent, TCU at 78 percent and Clemson at 77. The NCAA's figure for Florida nearly doubled the 42 percent rate from the federal report.

Three of the Top 25 schools had graduation rates below 50 percent. They were Texas (40 percent), Georgia (41) and California (44).

Top-ranked Ohio State and Southern California, the 2004 national champion, both came in at 55 percent.

Last season's national basketball champion, Florida, received a perfect 100 percent from the NCAA, while last year's women's basketball champion, Maryland, was at 71 percent.

"The good news is we are continuing to make overall progress," Brand said. "The trend lines are up and, with a few exceptions, the academic reforms we are continuing to lay, even in sports like football and basketball which historically lag, are showing progress."

Sports with the highest percentage of graduates were all on the women's side: fencing, field hockey, gymnastics and skiing all had a 94 percent graduation rate. Women's lacrosse was next at 93 percent, and women's swimming was 91 percent. Only one sport, women's bowling, produced a number lower than the national average -- 70 percent.
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Grad Rates

Terry O'Keefe · Sep 27, 2006

I think ND grad rates are going to decline for the class of 2007 and 2008, Willingham didn't bring in a bunch of players and those classes have had a lot of attrition. The good thing is that the new calculations take into account if a student athlete transfers and graduates from another school. I'm not exactly sure how they account for those kids, but it doesn't hurt your grad rate.

Terry

George Krebs · Sep 28, 2006

I guess I understand how Mack Brown can get 28 recruits pledged every year before most teams even start recruiting seriously.

I'm surprised and pleased Ohio State's is as high as it is.

Isn't Georgia the state with free in-state tuition? Daddy was right... you get what you pay for :wink:

Bravo to the Gators and Cornhuskers!

Terry O'Keefe · Sep 28, 2006

Well to be fair to Mack Brown, those stats are from the recruiting classes of 1996, 1997 ...all John Mackovic and 1998, 1999 Macks 1st 2.

Which means that for Notre Dame they are basically reporting on 1 year of Holtz and the rest are Bob Davie kids.

Terry

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