While the Husky Softball team carries the torch for the University of Washington, we’re rapidly approaching the quietest time in the collegiate sports calendar. Fall football practices are still many weeks away, the biggest happenings on the hardwood involve the NBA Draft, and even the esteemed rowing squad has completed the Windermere Cup. What better time to take a step back to explore the academic half of the student-athlete?
The NCAA’s primary measure of classroom success is the Academic Progress Rate (“APR”). As the NCAA explains it, “the Academic Progress Rate holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.