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2. Admission of Student-Athletes. In the past, the Council gave special attention to the success rate of students admitted from category C because they had the weakest academic profiles and were believed to be the most at-risk. Last year we asked that future reports include all student athletes who enrolled with an admission ranking of 5.5 and below. Many of these students did not meet the current criteria for referral to the faculty athletic admission subcommittee, but they were still viewed as students at risk. Coincident with our interest in taking a closer look at the overall admission decision process, the Provost appointed a committee chaired by Dan Orlovsky to review admission procedures for student athletes. This committee’s recommended changes in the procedures were presented to the University Admissions Council on April 23 where they were unanimously approved. Professor Orlovsky will present his committee’s recommendations to the Senate in a separate report.

There are 115 students in the first-year class who were admitted with an admission rating (ADR) of 5.0 or below. Thirty-eight (33%) of these were student-athletes. Among these 38 student-athletes, 16 (42%) had less than a 2.0 cum GPA at the end of the fall 2007 semester. Among the 77 non-athletes with an ADR of 5.0 or below, only 6 (7.8%) had a cumulative GPA less than 2.0. The disproportionate number of poor-performing students who were athletes probably reflects the crisis in the football program, which was demoralizing to the players and led to a loss of discipline. Some of the young new students were caught up in this. Among all the other first-year student-athletes (i.e., those with higher than 5.0 ADR; total of 69), only two had a GPA less than 2.0. Thus, the majority (83%) of our incoming student-athletes, with the help of the A-LEC, etc., had a good first semester.

MEMBERS:
Athletics Policies Committee
Chair (1 year term) Dan Orlovsky (Dedman I)
Members to 2012 Lynn Romejko Jacobs (SEHD)
Members to 2011 Ken Hamilton (Dedman I)
Ben Johnson (Dedman I)
David Willis (Engr)
Member to 2010 Patty Delaney (Meadows)
Dan Orlovsky (Dedman I)
Matthew Wilson (Dedman II)
Executive Committee Liaison Dennis Foster

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couch 'em wrote:
There are 115 students in the first-year class who were admitted with an admission rating (ADR) of 5.0 or below.

Thirty-eight (33%) of these were student-athletes.

Among these 38 student-athletes, 16 (42%) had less than a 2.0 cum GPA at the end of the fall 2007 semester.

Among the 77 non-athletes with an ADR of 5.0 or below, only 6 (7.8%) had a cumulative GPA less than 2.0.

The disproportionate number of poor-performing students who were athletes probably reflects the crisis in the football program, which was demoralizing to the players and led to a loss of discipline. Some of the young new students were caught up in this.

Among all the other first-year student-athletes (i.e., those with higher than 5.0 ADR; total of 69), only two had a GPA less than 2.0. Thus, the majority (83%) of our incoming student-athletes, with the help of the A-LEC, etc., had a good first semester.

HB Pony Dad wrote:
This report apparently is from Fall 2007.

What "crisis in the football program" is referenced?

HB Pony Dad wrote:

couch 'em wrote:
The disproportionate number of poor-performing students who were athletes probably reflects the crisis in the football program, which was demoralizing to the players and led to a loss of discipline. Some of the young new students were caught up in this.

Among all the other first-year student-athletes (i.e., those with higher than 5.0 ADR; total of 69), only two had a GPA less than 2.0. Thus, the majority (83%) of our incoming student-athletes, with the help of the A-LEC, etc., had a good first semester.

This report apparently is from Fall 2007.

What "crisis in the football program" is referenced?

Why were the FB players enrolled in programs in which a 2.0 grade was so difficult to achieve?