February 19, 2019- Forward Progress Athletics Consulting and the Northeast Conference have entered into a four-year partnership to provide academic consulting services to all Northeast Conference members. Under the partnership, Forward Progress will partner with each Northeast Conference institution to prepare them for the upcoming Academic-Based Revenue Distribution, with a focus on improving their performance under NCAA academic metrics.
Noreen Morris, Northeast Conference Commissioner, stated “We are very excited to continue our engagement with Forward Progress. Over the past year, the Forward Progress team offered their technical and educational expertise to our member institutions and we saw an immediate impact. Looking ahead, we are confident this multi-year partnership will continue to position our student-athletes for academic success and enable our membership to consistently attain the highest standard of the NCAA academic metrics.”
John Shukie, President of Forward Progress stated, “We are very excited to continue our partnership with the Northeast Conference and all of its members. Having spent the last year engaging with many members of the Conference, we know that their commitment to increasing student-athlete achievement and ultimately earning academic revenue distributions is real. We look forward to helping each NEC institution place themselves in the best position for the future.”
The Northeast Conference is the third conference to partner with Forward Progress on a long-term relationship in advance of the NCAA’s academic-based revenue distribution beginning in 2020, joining the ASUN Conference and the Horizon League.
Forward Progress is the industry leader in NCAA academics consulting, having assisted over 50 Division I institutions with navigating various aspects of the APR and NCAA academic policy since 2013. For more information visit www.forwardprogressac.com or follow us on Twitter (@forwardprogac).
About The Northeast Conference
Now in its 38th year, the Northeast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association consisting of 10 institutions of higher learning located throughout six states. Media coverage of the NEC extends to four of the largest markets in the United States – New York (#1), Pittsburgh (#22), Baltimore (#26), and Hartford/New Haven (#30). Founded in 1981 as the basketball-only ECAC Metro Conference, the NEC has grown to sponsor 22 championship sports for men and women and now enjoys automatic access to 15 different NCAA Championships. NEC member institutions include Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU Brooklyn, Mount St. Mary’s, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Brooklyn, Saint Francis U and Wagner. Merrimack will join the NEC as a full-time member in July, 2019. For more information on the NEC, visit the league’s official website (www.northeastconference.org) and digital network (www.necfrontrow.com), or follow the league on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat, all @NECsports.
