2. NCAA Division I Academic Unit
Revenue Distribution

3. Session Overview
Academic-based revenue distribution criteria and timeline.
Improvement strategies and resources.
Membership panel.

4. Background on Academic Unit
In October 2016, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Board of Governors approved distribution of revenue based on academic achievement of student-athletes.
Distribution based on NCAA’s Turner/CBS media contract future increases.
Distribution to conferences will begin in 2019‐20.
No restrictions on how institutions use revenue.
Conference policies/bylaws relevant to distributions will apply.

5. Guidelines Used to Establish Distribution
Distributions reward broad-based academic success by all teams.
Multiple academic measures determine qualification for academic unit to ensure institutions with various missions have opportunity to earn them.
Criteria are simple and use rates familiar to membership and public.
Measures create incentive for schools that may not initially receive distributions.
Criteria balance selectivity inherent in rewarding broad-based academic success with diversity of school’s academic missions.

6. Academic Unit Criteria for Distribution
Institution has to meet one of the following criteria:
APR for previous year is 985 or higher. Average of single-year rates for all teams.
NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate
GSR for most recently available year is 90% or higher.
NCAA Division I Graduation Success Rate
Difference between student-athlete and student-body rates for most recently published Federal Graduation Rates is at least 13 percentage points.
Federal Graduation Rate

7. Estimated Academic Unit Funding Eight-Year Look
Fiscal Year
Projected Academic Fund
Annual Distribution
Approximate Payout/Institution*
$12,694,601
$55,678
$25,389,203
$111,356
$36,427,986
$159,772
$50,833,599
$222,954
$65,671,381
$288,032
$105,420,385
$462,370
$108,069,139
$473,987
$111,247,643
$487,928
*Approximate payout/institution based on 228 institutions meeting one of three academic unit criteria each year.
(Data taken from September 2016 report of NCAA Division I Values-Based Revenue Distribution Working Group
to NCAA Division I Board of Directors.)

8. Timeline for Academic Unit Revenue Distribution
First mock reports available.
Final reports available.
First actual distribution to conferences.
Spring 2018
Spring 2019
Spring 2020
June 2020
Second mock reports available.

9. Institution name

10. Academic Unit Report – Page 2

11. Institutional Outcomes
2016
2018
2019
Overall Institutions Qualified
228 (66%)
262 (75%)
274 (78%)
FBS
76 (61.3%)
91 (70.5%)
92 (70.7%)
FCS
71 (74.7%)
101 (80.8%)
100 (81.3%)
DI (No football)
72 (74.2%)
82 (83.6%)
Autonomy
41 (63.1%)
49 (75.4%)
47 (72.3%)
Non-Autonomy
187 (66.3%)
213 (75.3%)
227 (79.4%)
HBCU
15 (63.0%)
17 (70.8%)
17 (73.9%)
Limited Resource
28 (60.9%)
33 (70.2%)
35 (71.4%)

12. Detailed Timeline GSR data due GSR corrections submitted APR data due
GSR/FGR data released
APR adjustments/corrections
APR data released
Academic Unit report notification
Academic-based revenue distributions sent to conference
Jun
Jul
Sep - Oct
Oct
Oct - Dec
May
May
Jun

13. Detailed Timeline Distribution Year GSR >90% single year
Federal Graduation Rate
SA rate 13% or higher than student body
APR
>985 single year average
2020
2012 Cohort
Single Year
2021
2013 Cohort
Single Year
2022
2014 Cohort
Single Year

14. Preparing for the Academic Unit

15. Academic Unit Analyze Data
Broad-Based Collaboration
Understanding of Academic Rates (APR, GSR, FGR)
Analyze Data
Create Specific Initiatives
Secure Institutional Support

16. Appoint a Chief Data Officer.
Establish/refine systems to track student-athletes.
Learn all nuances of APR/GSR/Federal Graduation Rates and your institution’s data.
Engage entire department in discussions/action plans/strategies.
Identify waivers for lost points and delayed-graduation points.
Discussions on managing scholarships and retroactive aid.
Verify teams for sports sponsorship.

17. Resources NCAA staff. NCAA.org/academic unit.
Policies and procedures review.
APR, GSR, Federal Graduation Rates rules education.
Best practices.

18. Membership Perspective

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