Findings from a Self-Study prepared in anticipation of the 1999 athletics certification visit from the NCAA.

1. The intercollegiate athletics program with its recent move to Division I has played an important role in achieving the University's goal of bettering student life and improving the total educational experience of all students. The intercollegiate athletics program is helping to create a sense of community among faculty, staff and students as well as foster a feeling of institutional pride. In this regard, student-athletes are totally integrated in the student body and are often more involved in campus activities than other students.
    

2. The academic profiles for student-athletes who are admitted to IUPUI compare favorably and with few exceptions exceed the profiles of the entire entering class of IUPUI students. Graduation rates (requires Adobe Acrobat for viewing) for student-athletes generally equal or exceed graduation rates of the student body as a whole. The NCAA provides a summary Graduation Rates Report for all Division I schools.
   
   For the entering class of 1999, student-athletes on athletically-related aid compared favorably with all entering students:

3. Student-athletes receive no special treatment in terms of admissions, academic support, or scheduling due to their athletic participation. Authority for admissions and certification of academic standing is vested in the same bodies that are charged with these responsibilities for all students.
    

4. The academic support system for student-athletes relies heavily on the support system available for all IUPUI students and is administered by a Student-Athlete Academic Advisor who is the same person that is the Compliance Coordinator. In certain ways, support is more formalized for student-athletes than other students, including monitoring processes to ensure participation and satisfactory progress. Contact the Compliance Coordinator at lmgeiger@iupui.edu for more information or let her know you'll attend.
    

5. Adequate policies exist to minimize conflicts between athletic and academic schedules. Scheduling of athletic competitions and practices are reviewed by the Athletics Advisory Committee to ensure that athletics schedules comply with these policies.

Establishing Eligibility

The campus Eligibility Committee must determine the academic eligibility for all student-athletes. This group is comprised of the following: The Faculty Athletics Representative, the Director of Admissions, Assessment, and Recruitment Services, the Director of Student Financial Assistance Services, The Assistant Director of Athletics (ex officio), the Compliance Coordinator/Academic Advisor (ex officio), and the IUPUI Registrar (chair).

Admissions Standards for Student-Athletes

The NCAA requirements for new student-athletes include a high school degree with a minimum gpa in a successfully completed core curriculum which include at least 14 academic courses in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and 16 academic courses in 2008.

A entering freshman must achieve a minimum combined score on the SAT/ACT and gpa in the above core courses while in high school. This score is on a sliding scale where a lower SAT/ACT must be offset by a higher core gpa and vice-versa.

The NCAA uses a National Clearinghouse which reviews all high school records for entering freshmen who have no previous college attendance. The Clearinghouse determines whether or not an entering freshman has met the requirements for competition and receipt of athletics-related financial aid. For more information visit the NCAA

Prospective International Student-Athletes are required to complete Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse Application For Foreign Student-Athletes. This application process is required for determining first year eligibility at NCAA Division I member institutions.

All NCAA International Student-Athletes are required to complete the NCAA International Student-Athlete Amateurism/Eligibility Questionnaire And Statement prior to the start of each new academic year of athletic participation.

IUPUI's Office of International Affairs provides many services for students from abroad.

Transfer students must meet specific NCAA regulations in order to compete.

Continuing Eligibility

In order to compete, student-athletes must maintain satisfactory academic progress towards a degree.

1. The student must complete a minimum of six credit hours in the previous semester full-time enrollment.

2. The student must be enrolled for at least twelve credit hours each semester.

Items 3 through 6 apply to students who enroll first-time full-time prior to August 1, 2003

3. The student must complete an average of twelve credit hours each semester of enrollment with no more than 25% of these hours earned in summer school. This means that if a student does not complete twelve credit hours in a particular term, the hours may be made up in a summer session with a maximum of six credits over the course of the summer.

4. A student must have completed 25% of the degree requirements with a cumulative gpa of 90% of the degree-school's minimum gpa requirement by the beginning of the student's fifth semester.

5. A student must have completed 50% of the degree requirements with a cumulative gpa of 95% of the degree-school's minimum gpa requirement by the beginning of the student's seventh semester.

6. A student must have completed 75% of the degree requirements with a cumulative gpa of 95% of the degree-school's minimum gpa requirement by the beginning of the student's ninth semester.

Items 7 through 13 apply to students who enroll first-time full-time on or after August 1, 2003

7. The student must pass 24 credit hours prior to the start of their 3rd semester following their initial full-time enrollment.

8. The student must pass 18 credit hours since the preceding two semesters.  Summer hours may not be used to fulfill this requirement.

9. During the first two years of enrollment, a student who has not designated a specific degree program may use credits acceptable toward any degree program.

10. A student must be required to have a designated program of studies to a specific degree by their 3rd year or 5th semester of enrollment.  Any credits, from this point, must be used to meet the progress towards the student’s designated degree requirements.

11. A student entering their third year of enrollment must complete at least 40% of the course requirements in the student’s specific degree program.

12. A student entering their fourth year of enrollment must complete at least 60% of the course requirements in the student’s specific degree program with a cumulative gpa of 100% of the degree-school’s minimum gpa requirement.

13. A student entering their fifth year of enrollment must complete at least 80% of the course requirements in the student’s specific degree program with a cumulative gpa of 100% of the degree-school’s minimum gpa requirement.

14. Any credit hours earned by a student while enrolled part-time shall not be used to meet progress toward their degree requirement unless the student is held accountable for their term of enrollment at the time of certification.

15. If a student is ruled ineligible under the provisions of the progress toward degree legislation at the beginning of a term, they can regain eligibility at the beginning of any other regular term within that student’s academic year, based upon the student’s subsequent fulfillment of the necessary degree requirements.

Monthly Rules Education

The Compliance Office holds meetings each month regarding recent or pending NCAA legislation as well providing information on the most serious areas of NCAA regulations. All coaches are required to attend one session per month. Dates for the next year include:

The Compliance Office also publishes a quarterly newsletter.

The Office of the Registrar maintains a comprehensive calendar for each semester which provides not only dates and deadlines for students but links which provide information on policy and procedure .