The Faculty Athletics Committee Update
Friday, February 8, 2013
Admissions
• Information/Education Phase
– Discussions – UGA & Layna Mosley and Beverly
Foster, FAC topic experts
– Reviewed documents –
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Charge to the Special Talent Admission Subcommittee
Statement on Evaluation of Candidates
Summary of Admission Practices
Data handouts with additional statistics provided at
second session
Admissions
• Athletics is permitted to recommend up to
160 first-year students for admission
• Covered under the “special talent” clause which
provides for students “who give evidence of
possessing special talents for University programs
requiring such special talents.” (same clause covers
Departments of Music and Dramatic Art)
Admissions – Reviewed by Subcommittee
• The # of students is relatively small and has
generally been trending downwards over time.
• 2013 - expected # is 16 - down from 23 in each of
the last two years, using the current criteria;
• Down from 30, using the previous lower
thresholds, in 2001
• Down from the middle 30s in the 1990s
• Of the 16 this year, all have predicted first-year
grade-point averages above 2.0.
Admissions
• Complex review of applicants for potential for
success
• Seven most recent cohorts enrolling at UNC six or
more years ago, the six-year graduation rate was
56% with another 25% either still enrolled or left
the University with cumulative grade-point
averages of 2.0 or higher.
• Reviewing past practices to learn about the success
or failure of previous students to inform the
current decisions
Admissions
• Subcommittee working with the Athletics
Department and the Academic Support
Program for Student Athletes (ASPSA)
• Improving academic profile of the 160
admitted athletes
Admissions
• Three groups: 1) predicted first-year GPAs below
2.3, along with any others who require review by
the subcommittee; 2) predicted GPAs between 2.3
and 2.6; 3) predicted GPAs of 2.6 or higher.
• Over the last six years - Half of the students were in
the first two groups combined and the other half in
the third group.
• Working with athletics to reduce the share in the
first two groups and increase the share in the third.
(this plan is consistent with the athletics dept’s new
strategic plan)
Admissions
• Literacy skills question
• Fall 2012 First-year class included 26 students who
scored below 450 in Critical Reading or below 17 in
English.
• Of these 26 students, 18 were recruited athletes;
the others were not.
• The # of students with verbal test scores at these
levels has generally trended downward over time,
both among all students and among recruited
athletes.
Admissions
• In 2005, the # of first-year athletes with such
scores was 25; 2012 the # was 18; 2013
projected to be 12.
Admissions
• The 26 students with scores at this level who
enrolled at Carolina last fall have now completed
their first full semester.
• Sixty-two percent of them, including 56 percent of
the recruited athletes, have GPA averages at or
above 2.3. The range in the averages is wide: from
0.97 to 3.68 for the non-athletes, and from 1.07 to
3.46 for the athletes.
Admissions – Current Summary
• Process in place for improving the academic
profile of our entering student athletes
• Admissions profile trends moving in the right
direction
• Plans for more data reporting
• At FAC year end - more data to analyze and
review in context of other information –
student athlete exit data, advising resources,
and academic support programs
February - Advising
• Topic Experts – Beverly Foster and Eileen Parsons
• Information/Education Phase
• Lee May, Associate Dean and Director of Academic Advising
• Brent Blanton, Associate Director of Student Success and
Academic Counseling
Expertise & Collaboration: Serving StudentAthletes
Academic Advising Program
Academic Support Program
In-depth knowledge
of curriculum
Coaching/mentoring/
tutorial assistance
Student guidance
Academic planning
Course planning
Connection
w/campus resources
Transactional
authority For
University policies
Reporting
NCAA Eligibility
Scholarships/awards
Degree progress
Recruiting
Athletics department
policies
Open meetings
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