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Dr. Vic McCracken currently serves as ACU\u2019s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR). The FAR serves as a bridge between faculty and athletics and serves as the chair of the Faculty Athletic Committee (FAC). Members of the FAC serve on one of three subcommittees.<\/span><\/p>\n Nick Dill, Director of Football Academics, highlighted the academic staff\u2019s role as a liaison between coaches, faculty, advisors, and the registrar\u2019s office. Their primary responsibilities include promoting academic progress through biweekly grade checks, coordinating tutoring (3\u20134 hours weekly), and overseeing study halls. They also manage logistical issues such as schedule adjustments, withdrawals, and challenges arising from the transfer portal\u2014where athletes sometimes enter ACU courses after the semester begins. A major barrier noted is maintaining attendance and self-motivation, with coaches occasionally intervening directly when academic concerns arise.<\/span><\/p>\n Claire Rawlings, Executive Associate AD and Senior Woman Administrator (SWA), provided a broader institutional perspective, emphasizing how national trends\u2014such as increased transfer activity due to the transfer portal, NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) opportunities, and potential revenue sharing\u2014are reshaping collegiate athletics. She noted that transfer students often face credit loss and adjustment issues due to differing academic expectations across universities, including stricter attendance and in-person class requirements at ACU. She noted that many students are coming from institutions where athletes are only enrolled in online courses. This means that these students may have never attended an in-person course before. She also underscored ACU\u2019s faith-based mission, which uniquely shapes the student-athlete experience by fostering spiritual and academic growth. Unlike some institutions, ACU requires athletes to be enrolled in residential (on-campus) courses, with exceptions typically limited to graduate programs pursued online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Vic McCracken currently serves as ACU\u2019s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR). The FAR serves as a bridge between faculty and athletics and serves as the chair of the Faculty Athletic Committee (FAC). Members of the FAC serve on one of three subcommittees. The Student Travel and Approved Absence Policy subcommittee reviews and approves each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15697,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42238,42239,42279,2222,42262],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adams-blog","category-adams-center-event","category-in-case-you-missed-it","category-lunch","category-special-guest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n