ERIC Number: EJ1044295
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-9517
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Assessing Academic Risk of Student-Athletes: Applicability of the NCAA Graduation Risk Overview Model to GPA
Johnson, James
NACADA Journal, v33 n2 p76-89 Fall 2013
In an effort to standardize academic risk assessment, the NCAA developed the graduation risk overview (GRO) model. Although this model was designed to assess graduation risk, its ability to predict grade-point average (GPA) remained unknown. Therefore, 134 individual risk assessments were made to determine GRO model effectiveness in the identification of academic risk for Division I student-athletes as determined by semester GPA. Pearson correlations and least-squares multiple-regression analyses revealed the GRO model as an effective means by which to assess academic risk. Academic advisors and other stakeholders of college student-athlete well-being can use this model to identify student-athletes most at risk for academic struggles and advise them accordingly.
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, College Athletics, Athletes, Graduation Rate, Models, Grade Point Average, Predictive Validity, Predictive Measurement, Correlation, Goodness of Fit, Multiple Regression Analysis, Ability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Academic Persistence, Academic Advising, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Educational Attitudes, Transfer Students, Student Characteristics, Hypothesis Testing, Gender Differences, Demography, Predictor Variables, Academic Ability, Measurement Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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