Kevin Lennon
Kevin Lennon
advantage alleged athletes bigger case concern continue diploma ought percentage problem quality relates small sports students taking
What's alleged in that case ought to be of concern in everyone in the country. It relates to the quality of the diplomas students receive. Athletes continue to be a small percentage of this problem; other students are taking advantage of diploma mills. It's a bigger problem than something for the sports page.
adjust drop figure health legitimate ought piece prevent reasons retention
For example, they drop your major. (Or) you have significant health problems. The retention piece is a part of the APR, in part, to prevent runoffs. And if you have legitimate reasons that you can say 'this isn't a runoff issue' ... we ought to figure out a way to adjust the APR.
accept courses discover fraudulent providing school
We can't go through another year. If we discover there is a school that has been providing fraudulent education, not going to class, not doing anything, we are going to say we are not going to accept the courses immediately.
We know that the abuses are going on as we speak.
fall schools
There are about 5,000 schools that fall in the category, non-traditional.
available imagine information type
We imagine that type of information will be made available as mitigation, if you will.
biggest body difference grant highest jump matching maybe programs student year
There's some thought that this can't just be the highest APR. Maybe it's the biggest jump from one year to the next. Maybe it's the biggest difference between student body and student-athlete. Maybe it's a matching grant for programs that are underperforming that want to do better. All of those things, I think, are going to be fleshed out at this meeting.
answer athletic likely listed schools state
Are you accredited? Are you listed with a state athletic association? If the answer is no, those schools likely would come under the most scrutiny.
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This in no way is an indictment on all of our secondary schools because we know the vast, vast majority do a good job.
academic adjustment data escape hard harder improve might penalty practices rather scores syndrome teams
Teams that use the squad-size adjustment to escape penalty rather than improve their academic practices right away might find the 'pay-me-later' syndrome hard to accept. As more years of APR data become available, teams will find scores harder to change.
academic analysis focus reform team
Academic reform is really reshaping the focus of analysis to the team level.
belief law needs present students
It's our belief there needs to be some accountability through law enforcement when students present credentials that are fraudulent.
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Many and most of the nontraditional high schools do have integrity and do provide a quality education. But it is clear that some do not. The committee recognizes that these are real problems. We know the abuses are going on as we speak, and I think there's a great sense of urgency among all of the members of the committee to take on these issues as quickly as possible.
additional authority state
In the past, we haven't had the authority to do this. But for those (schools) that have no state oversight, that's where we'll have additional questions.