October 15th: Nonterm Institutions with Rolling Enrollment

TRUE OR FALSE

Institution does not have a published beginning and end date for their academic terms.  Students are allowed to begin a class on any day throughout the academic year.

Enrollment at such an institution would not start a student-athlete’s five-year clock.

The answer is TRUE.

Division I NCAA Staff Interpretation- 10/12/18- Using Nonterm Institutions with Rolling Enrollment to Fulfill Various NCAA Division I Requirements (I)- states that if an institution does not offer regular terms (i.e., semesters or quarters), a student-athlete who enrolls at such an institution is not considered enrolled in a full-time program of studies during a regular term of an academic year. Therefore, staff determined enrollment at an institution that offers rolling enrollment (e.g., classes beginning any day of the year without any designated terms) would not:

1. Start a student-athlete’s five-year clock;

2. Trigger a student-athlete’s transfer status;

3. Be used for fulfilling an academic year of residence;

4. Be used in determining the number of full-time terms completed for progress-toward-degree requirements; or

5. Be used to stop the application of delayed enrollment legislation.

[References: NCAA Division I Bylaws 12.8.1.1 (determining the start of the five-year clock); 12.8.3.2.1 (sports other than men’s ice hockey, skiing and tennis); 12.8.3.2.2 (tennis); 12.8.3.2.2.3 (matriculation after 20th birthday – tennis); 12.8.3.5 (participation after 21st birthday – men’s ice hockey and skiing); 14.02.14 (residence); 14.02.14.1 (academic year in residence); 14.4.3.1 (fulfillment of credit-hour requirements); 14.4.3.2 (fulfillment of percentage of degree requirements); 14.4.3.3 (fulfillment of grade-point average requirements); 14.5.2 (conditions affecting transfer status); 14.5.4.2.1 (eligibility for financial aid, practice and competition); 14.5.4.2.2 (eligibility for financial aid and practice); and 14.5.4.3 (academic redshirt)]