Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU Football Shows Vast Academic Progress Rate (APR) Improvement
June 09, 2010 | Football
Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University football program, in its first year under Head Coach Dave Clawson, has shown vast improvement in its Academic Progress Rate (APR) and is no longer subject to scholarship reductions. The team improved to a 931 multi-year rate, which included a strong 960 single-year APR score.
“This is a positive first step to improve our APR,” Clawson said. “The academic accountability of our players will continue to be a priority so we can continue this upward trend in our APR scores.”
The single year APR for football jumped from 912 in 2007-08 to 960 for the 2008-09 reporting year, ranking third among all Mid-American Conference (MAC) schools. The multi-year rate climbed 11 points from 920 in 2007-08 to 931 for the 2008-09 reporting year, ranking among the top 30 increases in the country.
The APR is a real-time measure of eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every NCAA Division I athletics team. The most recent scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09 academic years. The goal of academic reform is improvement, not punishment. Not only does academic reform ensure accountability for student-athletes, teams and institutions, but it also provides fairness by considering individual circumstances per team and school.
“This is a positive first step to improve our APR,” Clawson said. “The academic accountability of our players will continue to be a priority so we can continue this upward trend in our APR scores.”
The single year APR for football jumped from 912 in 2007-08 to 960 for the 2008-09 reporting year, ranking third among all Mid-American Conference (MAC) schools. The multi-year rate climbed 11 points from 920 in 2007-08 to 931 for the 2008-09 reporting year, ranking among the top 30 increases in the country.
The APR is a real-time measure of eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes competing on every NCAA Division I athletics team. The most recent scores are based on a multi-year rate that averages scores from the 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, and 2008-09 academic years. The goal of academic reform is improvement, not punishment. Not only does academic reform ensure accountability for student-athletes, teams and institutions, but it also provides fairness by considering individual circumstances per team and school.
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