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| July 7-9 | Division II Membership Committee | Indianapolis |
| July 7-11 | Divisions I, II and III Softball Committees; Softball Rules Committees | Indianapolis |
| July 7-11 | Baseball Rules Committee | San Francisco |
| July 7-10 | Divisions I, II and III Men's and Women's Tennis Committees | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| July 8-9 | Division I Regulatory Culture Working Group | San Francisco |
| July 11-12 | STARR Workshop | Rochester, New York |
| July 14-16 | Committee on Women's Athletics | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| July 14-16 | Men's Volleyball Committee | Bonita Springs, Florida |
| July 14-17 | Division III Women's Golf Committee | San Francisco |
| July 14-17 | Division II Men's Golf Committee | Indianapolis |
| July 14-17 | Women's Water Polo Committee | Indianapolis |
| July 16-18 | Division II Legislation Committee/Deregulation Summit | Huntington Beach, California |
| July 16-21 | Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee | Huntington Beach, California |
| July 17-18 | Division I-AA Football Committee | Indianapolis |
| July 17-21 | Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee | Huntington Beach, California |
| July 19-21 | Division I, II and III Management Councils | Huntington Beach, California |
ACADEMICS
Group recommends new name, frequency of calculation for metric
The group working on a real-time rate of academic performance for currently enrolled Division I student-athletes has recommended changing the name of the metric and how frequently it will be calculated.
The working group wants the rate to be referred to as the Annual Academic and Retention Rate (AARR) because it believes that the former Annual Academic Progress Rate didn't emphasis retention enough.
Also, the AARR now will calculate term-by-term performance rather than year by year. Eligibility and retention still will be weighted equally, but now student-athletes will earn a possible four points in a semester system (six in a quarter system), one each for eligibility and retention per term. Thus, if an otherwise academically eligible athlete leaves during the second semester, the institution will lose one of four points in the AARR calculation instead of one of two.
Staff contacts: Kevin C. Lennon (klennon@ncaa.org).
ACADEMICS
Division II group seeks changes to academic eligibility requirement
The Division II Academic Requirements Committee is recommending that student-athletes be required to have completed six hours from the previous semester or quarter to be eligible for competition.
The committee recommended that the Management Council sponsor legislation to amend Bylaw 14.4.3.1 to specify that a student-athlete must earn six semester or quarter hours of academic credit the preceding regular academic term in which the student-athlete has been enrolled full time at any collegiate institution.
Staff contacts: Richard McGlynn (rmcglynn@ncaa.org) or Terri Steeb (tsteeb@ncaa.org).
DIVISION III
Membership Committee slots three provisional member classes
The Division III Membership Committee has slotted three classes of provisional members through a membership drawing.
Those institutions will enter a four-year provisional process that will result in full Division III membership if successfully completed.
The selections represent the first time institutions have been able to enter the Division III provisional process since the membership moratorium was lifted in August 2002.
Staff contact: Dan Dutcher (ddutcher@ncaa.org)
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