One of the drums we beat incessantly here at HLS is our unabashed adoration of Brian Kelly and our unwavering commitment to himĀ is our commitment to extolling the performance of Notre Dame athletes off the field. In today's post, I want to do two things: 1.) explain the difference between Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Academic Performance Rate (APR); and 2.) compare Notre Dame's GSR and APR to that of Alabama, Oregon, and tOSU. I found the results interesting. The NCAA uses three metrics ...
FGR
NCAA 2013 Data Released!
It's been a hot summer so far in the Big Easy. The lazy whirl of the ceiling fans above the grand porch at The Columns Hotel is no longer enough to keep the cubes of ice in my daily cocktail from melting far too fast. The air rushing through the open windows of the streetcar is now a reasonable facsimile of an open oven on Thanksgiving Day. My seersucker suits are now unable to keep pace with the sweat... what? It's not summer for another eight days? Oh, you're kidding me. And let's face it. ...