[terry]

It's now being reported (in DC) that Ca.l football has a 997 APR.  The 3-9/95 donors are wetting themselves now.  Bowl game and great APR?  How could we possibly ask for more!

I am skeptical of C.al's supposed 997 APR. C.al's athletic department has a history of releasing selected numbers to show academic progress, but those numbers don't seem to materialize in any of the NCAA's official reports.

The last NCAA report on APRs listed C.al football with an APR of 941, dead last in the Pac-12 conference.

That 941 APR, like all of the NCAA's published APRs, is a combined four-year figure. The relevant period for that APR goes through the 2013-2014 academic year.

It's possible to calculate an APR for one year, or even for one semester. According to a C.al blogger, C.al's APR for 2013-14 was 946.

I suppose it's possible that C.al had a 997 APR for a recent semester. But a one-semester or one-year APR is not the measure that counts. The NCAA's published four-year APR is the one that is used as a benchmark. I am skeptical that the NCAA will ever publish an official 997 APR for C.al.

[terry]

It's now being reported (in DC) that Ca.l football has a 997 APR.  The 3-9/95 donors are wetting themselves now.  Bowl game and great APR?  How could we possibly ask for more!

I am skeptical of C.al's supposed 997 APR. C.al's athletic department has a history of releasing selected numbers to show academic progress, but those numbers don't seem to materialize in any of the NCAA's official reports.

The last NCAA report on APRs listed C.al football with an APR of 941, dead last in the Pac-12 conference.

That 941 APR, like all of the NCAA's published APRs, is a combined four-year figure. The relevant period for that APR goes through the 2013-2014 academic year.

It's possible to calculate an APR for one year, or even for one semester. According to a C.al blogger, C.al's APR for 2013-14 was 946.

I suppose it's possible that C.al had a 997 APR for a recent semester. But a one-semester or one-year APR is not the measure that counts. The NCAA's published four-year APR is the one that is used as a benchmark. I am skeptical that the NCAA will ever publish an official 997 APR for C.al.