1.Memo to Judith Swift, Chair
of the Athletics Advisory Board from President Robert L. Carothers
and Faculty Senate Chair C. B. Peters (April 17, 2001)
2.One example is PAC-10's current scheduling process
for the men's and women's basketball season in which the conference
is divided into pairs of schools in the closest geographical
proximity (e.g. Arizona State and Arizona) and a schedule constructed
in such a way that teams are only on the road every other weekend.
3.Note that Academic Support Services, Advising
Programs for Student Athletes and Support Program for Special
Advisement Student-Athletes are one and the same. The term Advising
Programs for Student Athletes is the standard in this report with
Support Program for Special Advisement Student-Athletes and Academic
Support Services employed when essential for identification of quotes
or appended documents.
4. Currently the amount of construction and
renovation to extant classroom facilities has forced Enrollment
Services to schedule more classes in early morning and late afternoon
hours, the latter of which is a prime time for practice. This
situation has exacerbated scheduling challenges for coaches.
5. The general procedures for clearance of student
athletes are as follows: Freshmen&emdash;All incoming freshmen must
be certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse prior to participation. To
finalize certification, Enrollment Services reviews the NCAA
clearance and checks that the student-athlete is enrolled in a
minimum of 12 credits and is a fully matriculated student.
Sophomores&emdash;Review of eligibility is done in the fall of that
academic year. Enrollment Services must verify that the
student-athlete has successfully passed 24 credits from the previous
academic year with at least 18 credits (75%) from the normal
(fall/spring) academic year. Juniors or student-athletes entering
their fifth semester must attain a 1.80 GPA, officially declared a
major and passed 25 % or approximately 30 credits towards their
major, and attained an average of 12 credits in the normal academic
year with no more than 25% of their credits from summer classes.
Seniors or student athletes entering their 7th semester must attain
50% or approximately 60 credits toward their degree with a 1.90 GPA
overall in addition to the aforementioned criteria. Those individuals
entering their 5th year or 7th semester must pass 75% or
approximately 90 credits towards a degree with a 1.90 GPA overall and
meet aforementioned criteria. If the student athlete is a transfer,
he/she must have been eligible at his/her former institution at the
time of transfer to participate at URI. Enrollment services must
review the number of semesters that the transfer has been a full-time
student at any institution and then send a request to the dean of the
student athlete's college to review the individual's transcripts to
see if the student athlete meets the corresponding standard criteria
previously described. Enrollment Services works with the deans of the
colleges to review and certify all student athletes. The Compliance
Office does not certify the student athlete but works with Enrollment
Services in assisting with the certification. There are 4 basic
elements required by the NCAA for academic certification: 1)
full-time status; 2) satisfactory progress including hours earned for
degree credits; 3) fulfillment of percentage of degree requirements;
and 4) fulfillment of minimum grade point average. The NCAA Manual
outlines these requirements in Bylaw 14. Again, this is a basic
outline of certification. There are exceptions and bylaws that cover
a multitude of circumstances, e.g. disabilities, military
service.