The Atlantic Coast Conference\u2019s presence in the forefront of academic success was demonstrated once again in the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rates (GSR) released today.<\/p>\n
Teams from ACC institutions rank among the top Division I institutions with an average graduation rate of 87 percent, while the NCAA graduation rate is 80 percent nationally.<\/p>\n
ACC notes include:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 The ACC leads all BCS AQ conferences in average score for football, men\u2019s basketball and baseball<\/p>\n
\u00b7 In the sport of football, the ACC is the only BCS AQ conference to have multiple teams score 90 or higher every year since 2005<\/p>\n
\u00b7 In the sport of men\u2019s basketball, the ACC is the only BCS AQ conference to have four teams score 90 or higher in 2012<\/p>\n
\u00b7 The ACC leads all BCS AQ conferences in the number of teams above the average score in baseball, with two teams scoring 100<\/p>\n
\u00b7 2012 marks the sixth-straight year that the ACC has had at least four women\u2019s basketball programs score 100, making it the only BCS AQ conference to do so<\/p>\n
The Graduation Success Rate was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative as a better measure of student-athlete academic success. The rate holds institutions accountable for transfer students, unlike the federal graduation rate. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees and is calculated for every sport.<\/p>\n
Under the calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing. The outgoing transfers are included in the receiving institution\u2019s GSR cohort.<\/p>\n
By counting incoming transfer students and midyear enrollees, the GSR increases the total number of student-athletes tracked for graduation by 38 percent.<\/p>\n
The most recent Division I Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering classes from 2002-2003 through 2005-06. More than 110,000 student-athletes are included in the most recent four classes using the GSR methodology, as compared to about 79,500 in the federal rate.<\/p>\n
This year marks the 11th year that GSR data have been collected. The NCAA began collecting this data with the entering freshmen class of 1995.<\/p>\n
– News release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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