Texas Tech University Athletics
Texas Tech Reports Record High Graduation Rate
November 16, 2018 | Academics
Texas Tech concluded the 2017-18 year with an 84 percent Graduation Success Rate
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics once again reported its highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in school history during the 2017-18 academic year, according to data released this week by the NCAA.
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Tech concluded the 2017-18 year with an 84 percent Graduation Success Rate among student-athletes, topping its previous high from a year before by two percentage points. This is the 10th-consecutive year Tech has maintained its score or improved from the year prior.
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"We're proud of the success our student-athletes have found in the classroom," Tech Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. "Academics will always be a priority for us as an athletics department, and we couldn't be more excited to report another record GSR rate."
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Tech had 11 of its athletics programs either improve or maintain their GSR score from the previous year, led by men's golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's tennis and volleyball who were all at 100 percent. Football, men's track and field, women's track and field, women's golf, soccer and softball all held steady or improved their GSR scores.
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Among its Big 12 peers, five sports – men's golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's tennis and volleyball – all lead the conference in GSR rates for their respective sports.
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This is the 17th year where GSR data has been collected as it was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately measure the success of Division-I student-athletes. The NCAA began gathering GSR data with the freshman class of 1995 and its latest release represents freshmen who enrolled in 2011.
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The GSR takes into account the many different academic paths followed by today's college students. Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students. It also accounts for mid-year enrollees and is calculated for every sport.
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By counting incoming transfer students and mid-year enrollees, the GSR increases the total number of student-athletes tracked for graduation by approximately three percent. Under the GSR calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing.
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Texas Tech student-athletes have a dedicated staff at the Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes who guide each student-athlete to success from the time of enrollment to graduation. The Marsha Sharp Center provides space for private study, computer labs, supplemental instruction classrooms and a private conferencing area for tutoring and mentoring appointments.
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Tech concluded the 2017-18 year with an 84 percent Graduation Success Rate among student-athletes, topping its previous high from a year before by two percentage points. This is the 10th-consecutive year Tech has maintained its score or improved from the year prior.
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"We're proud of the success our student-athletes have found in the classroom," Tech Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. "Academics will always be a priority for us as an athletics department, and we couldn't be more excited to report another record GSR rate."
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Tech had 11 of its athletics programs either improve or maintain their GSR score from the previous year, led by men's golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's tennis and volleyball who were all at 100 percent. Football, men's track and field, women's track and field, women's golf, soccer and softball all held steady or improved their GSR scores.
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Among its Big 12 peers, five sports – men's golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's tennis and volleyball – all lead the conference in GSR rates for their respective sports.
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This is the 17th year where GSR data has been collected as it was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately measure the success of Division-I student-athletes. The NCAA began gathering GSR data with the freshman class of 1995 and its latest release represents freshmen who enrolled in 2011.
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The GSR takes into account the many different academic paths followed by today's college students. Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students. It also accounts for mid-year enrollees and is calculated for every sport.
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By counting incoming transfer students and mid-year enrollees, the GSR increases the total number of student-athletes tracked for graduation by approximately three percent. Under the GSR calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing.
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Texas Tech student-athletes have a dedicated staff at the Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes who guide each student-athlete to success from the time of enrollment to graduation. The Marsha Sharp Center provides space for private study, computer labs, supplemental instruction classrooms and a private conferencing area for tutoring and mentoring appointments.
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