[jacketree]

(with the kids and/or former NBA stars and the straight man)

"It's not complicated"

The APR is is simple calculation of percentage, multiplied by 1000. It has nothing to do with graduation. There is no specific correlation, although maybe someone has gone through and correlated multi-year APR averages to graduation rates.  From the NCAA:

Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one retention point for staying in school and one eligibility point for being academically eligible. A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by one thousand to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate score.

"Academically eligible" must mean per NCAA rules to play. So you get a point for registering (I guess) and a point for meeting academic eligibility requirements. I can't tell if you need to be a full time student or not.

The way I read it, the APR is just the ratio of those on athletic scholarship (partial or full) who are academically eligible and/or registered at some point in time (end of a semester/quarter/year?)  to [(the total number on athletic scholarship) x2 points], at that same point in time.

[jacketree]

(with the kids and/or former NBA stars and the straight man)

"It's not complicated"

The APR is is simple calculation of percentage, multiplied by 1000. It has nothing to do with graduation. There is no specific correlation, although maybe someone has gone through and correlated multi-year APR averages to graduation rates.  From the NCAA:

Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one retention point for staying in school and one eligibility point for being academically eligible. A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by one thousand to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate score.

"Academically eligible" must mean per NCAA rules to play. So you get a point for registering (I guess) and a point for meeting academic eligibility requirements. I can't tell if you need to be a full time student or not.

The way I read it, the APR is just the ratio of those on athletic scholarship (partial or full) who are academically eligible and/or registered at some point in time (end of a semester/quarter/year?)  to [(the total number on athletic scholarship) x2 points], at that same point in time.