Several yewtish posters have poked fun at BYU's APR in the last day or two. Here's the NCAA's definition of how APR is calculated:

"While eligibility requirements make the individual student-athlete accountable, the Academic Progress Rate creates a level of institutional responsibility. The Academic Progress Rate is a Division I metric developed to track the academic achievement of teams each academic term.

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 teams total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by one thousand to equal the teams Academic Progress Rate score."

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/academics/division+i/how+is+apr+calculated


The site claims there are exceptions made for exceptions for "student-athletes in good academic standing who leave school early to pursue a professional career, student-athletes who transfer to another school while meeting minimum academic requirements and student-athletes who return to graduate at a later date."

The last clause would seem to cover missionaries. Does anyone know the details about how the missionary exception works?