Division I Hot Topics Division I NCAA Eligibility Center Tips, Pitfalls and Best Practices

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Division I Hot TopicsDivision I NCAA
Eligibility Center Tips, Pitfalls and Best
Practices
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Case Study No. 1Core-Course Issues and
Nontraditional Coursework
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Case Study No. 1

• PSA took an online course titled "British
  Literature."
• Class taken through the PLATO system.
• Class was taken to replace another English core
  course.

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Case Study No. 1

• British Literature was on the high school's
• NCAA List of Approved Core Courses.
• After review of this class, it was
• determined that the content being taught was not
  British Literature.

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Core-Course andNontraditional Coursework Tips

• What to Look for
• Determine where course is beingtaken and if
  school has an approvedcore-course list.
• Verify how the course is being used.
• Look for assignment completion dates and when the
  coursework was finished.
• If replacing a class, must be comparable (English
  replacing an English).

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Core-Course andNontraditional Coursework Tips

• What to Look for
• Make sure the coursework being completed matches
  the course being taken.

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Case Study No. 2Calculating Eight Semesters
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Case Study No. 2

• After six semesters, the PSA leftHigh School A.
• Only completed one core course in mathat High
  School A.
• PSA had to take online coursework tofulfill
  graduation requirements at High School B.

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Case Study No. 2

• Additional online coursework was not completed by
  the end of the eighth semester.
• Coursework completed after the graduation date
  could not be used toward the
• 16 core-course requirement.

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Calculating Eight Semesters Tips

• What to Look for
• Verify the actual graduation date, compare
  towhen the PSA started grade nine.
• Evaluate the PSA's coursework progression.
• If failed class, determine how coursework was
  retaken.

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Calculating Eight Semesters Tips

• What to Look for
• If a PSA completes nontraditional coursework or
  summer school, verify course completion dates.
• Evaluate all transcripts if a PSA attended
  multiple schools. DO NOT RELY ON ONE TRANSCRIPT.

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Case Study No. 3Multiple or Unknown High
Schools
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Case Study No. 3

• PSA attended public High School A forthree years
  and then transferred to private High School B.
• PSA retook multiple classes.
• PSA significantly increased his grades after
  transferring to High School B.

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Case Study No. 3

• PSA achieved just over the qualifying grade-point
  average and test-score combination on the sliding
  scale.
• PSA was flagged for PSA review.

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Multiple High Schools Tips

• What to Look for
• Get transcripts from each high school.
• Review each high school and verify thereis an
  NCAA List of Approved Core Courses.
• Have a complete history for a PSA.
• Verify PSA graduated in eight semesters.

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Unknown High School Tips

• Have the high school send the Eligibility Center
  a course catalog along with other pertinent
  information.
• Research the high school to see what kindof
  curriculum it offers.
• Have the high school contact the Eligibility
  Center.

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Recruit the High School Too
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Example No. 1

• New preparatory school with focus on football
  being run by a former NFL playerfrom the state.
• School started in 2004-05 therefore, first
  graduating class was May 2008.
• Enrollment increased after Hurricane Katrina.
• Eligibility Center heard of the school, buthad
  never received a transcript.

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Example No. 2

• High school is a perennial USA Today
• top 10 football program.
• PSAs were held up because of anoutdated
  core-course list.
• The delay affected the high school's other
  sports.

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Example No. 3

• American high school in a foreign country.
• High school has a CEEB code, but
• no core-course list with the Eligibility Center.
• The high school has no course catalog.
• Language barrier caused some issues.
• Other communication challenges.

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Recruit the High School Too Tips

• What to Look for
• Make sure the high school has an NCAA
• List of Approved Core Courses. If not, have
  information and a course catalog sent to
  theEligibility Center as quickly as possible.
• Some U.S. schools overseas do have CEEB codes
  however, it does not guarantee there
• is a core-course list.

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Recruit the High School Too Tips

• What to Look for
• Make sure the core-course list is accurate.
• Not all schools are aware of
• the NCAA initial-eligibility process.
• Have coaches encourage PSAs, parents and high
  schools to ensure the core-course list is
  current.

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Case Study No. 4Additional Documentation
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Case Study No. 4

• PSA took two sets of curriculum.
• The PSA took courses identified as "local credit"
  on the high school transcript.
• The PSA was in the EXCEL programcompleted
  through the American Preparatory Institute.

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Case Study No. 4

• The PSA had numerous course repeats in a short
  timeframe, while also carrying a full course
  load.
• The grading scale was not consistent the
• entire time for the PSA.
• The PSA graduated early.

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Additional Documentation Tips

• What to Look for
• Examine the full picture of each PSA.
• Determine if coursework was repeated and, if
• so, in what timeframe.
• Verify assignment completion dates if coursework
  taken online or through correspondence.

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Additional Documentation Tips

• What to Look for
• Verify grading scale same for all fouryears in
  high school.
• If courses not taken at high school,ask
  questions about where and how.

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QUESTIONS?