“Penn State Student-Athletes Post Record 93% Graduation Success Rate”

BobPSU92

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See the link below. From the article:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State student-athletes earned a record 93% NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and 12 programs earned perfect 100% ratings. This is the seventh consecutive year the Nittany Lions have posted a record or record-tying performance in the classroom.

Both the Graduation Success Rate and Federal Graduation Rates are based upon student-athlete cohorts from 2013-16 and reflect the percentage of student-athletes earning a degree within six years. The NCAA developed the Graduation Success Rate to account for transfer student-athletes, mid-year enrollees and others not tracked by the Federal Graduation Rates.

The NCAA's annual graduation rates report of Division I institutions across the nation revealed Penn State student-athletes at the University Park campus earned a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 93% to break the school's all-time record of 92, which was set in the 2020, 2021 and 2022 NCAA reports. Nittany Lion students posted a 93% graduation rate compared to the 90% average for all Division I institutions for students entering from 2013-14 academic year through the 2016-17 academic year.”



Nice try to look successful, but we know better.

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PSUFTG2

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No one even knows what "Graduation Success rate" is..... but it sure as hell has nothing to do with "Are the kids you bring into the program graduating?". Not even a little bit.
And EVERYONE is setting new records every year (I wonder why? Maybe the pretend metrics the NCAA - at the behest of her member schools - conjures up?). But it gives ADs and the like the propo they need to fluff over what a wonderful job they are doing. Kudos.

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For those who care - very few folks, I imagine - PSU Athletics overall graduation rate, for the most recent reporting year, was 78%. (for all sports... which was tied for 6th/7th in Big ten, FWIW) 72% for Football.
Be proud of that figure, or despondent over it (up to you).... but know what you're talking about (or not, who cares :) )
 
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