13th Annual National Meeting of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) NCAA National Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN February 25-28, 2016 The meeting schedule was amended as the conversations unfolded, as can be seen in the following notes taken at the meeting. Many thanks to Jessica Schein (Michigan State U); Jane Albrecht (Wake Forest U) and Adrien Bouchet (U of Tulsa) for their extraordinary collaborative effort that has resulted in this document. Conversation with Oliver Luck: NCAA Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs Oversight of 3 Regulatory Divisions: Enforcement. Two big issues: Academic fraud Recruiting violations AMA, Academic and Membership Affairs New academic standards for new student athletes Constant tension between need for access to higher education as well as the desire for college level academic performance Eligibility Center (formerly the Clearinghouse) Changing definition of amateurism Standards have been raised Group discussion Title IX, NCAA does not have a Title IX coordinator Amie Wilson, office for inclusion, gender equity expert but does not specialize in title IX Does the NCAA see itself as an advocate for compliance of Title IX? On Championship side, there is a strong commitment to equality NCAA doesn’t investigate or enforce, as Title IX is federal law, that is left to campuses A statement from the NCAA would be useful to show support of Title IX related issues, it would draw more attention at colleges Desire for a zero tolerance policy for NCAA in eligibility Initiative should come from the member institutions COIA could draft a statement to the NCAA to call for attention on this subject Can you give us some sense of prevalence of academic fraud? Approx. 20 cases currently that the NCAA is investigating Focus is on culpable adult behavior (institutional behavior), athletic dept. employees* You talk about the membership, our presidents. Can you talk about the impact of presidents on athletics so that we can attempt to hold these presidents accountable? Presidents cannot be detached. The Board of Governors sets NCAA policy. A number of tough decisions have been moved over to the NCAA (ex. Incoming eligibility standards) from the university, but presidents should and can be involved more here. What then is the role of the faculty in the NCAA? Currently NCAA has FARS on the Board of Governors who do speak up.
13th Annual National Meeting of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) NCAA National Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN February 25-28, 2016 The meeting schedule was amended as the conversations unfolded, as can be seen in the following notes taken at the meeting. Many thanks to Jessica Schein (Michigan State U); Jane Albrecht (Wake Forest U) and Adrien Bouchet (U of Tulsa) for their extraordinary collaborative effort that has resulted in this document. Conversation with Oliver Luck: NCAA Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs Oversight of 3 Regulatory Divisions: Enforcement. Two big issues: Academic fraud Recruiting violations AMA, Academic and Membership Affairs New academic standards for new student athletes Constant tension between need for access to higher education as well as the desire for college level academic performance Eligibility Center (formerly the Clearinghouse) Changing definition of amateurism Standards have been raised Group discussion Title IX, NCAA does not have a Title IX coordinator Amie Wilson, office for inclusion, gender equity expert but does not specialize in title IX Does the NCAA see itself as an advocate for compliance of Title IX? On Championship side, there is a strong commitment to equality NCAA doesn’t investigate or enforce, as Title IX is federal law, that is left to campuses A statement from the NCAA would be useful to show support of Title IX related issues, it would draw more attention at colleges Desire for a zero tolerance policy for NCAA in eligibility Initiative should come from the member institutions COIA could draft a statement to the NCAA to call for attention on this subject Can you give us some sense of prevalence of academic fraud? Approx. 20 cases currently that the NCAA is investigating Focus is on culpable adult behavior (institutional behavior), athletic dept. employees* You talk about the membership, our presidents. Can you talk about the impact of presidents on athletics so that we can attempt to hold these presidents accountable? Presidents cannot be detached. The Board of Governors sets NCAA policy. A number of tough decisions have been moved over to the NCAA (ex. Incoming eligibility standards) from the university, but presidents should and can be involved more here. What then is the role of the faculty in the NCAA? Currently NCAA has FARS on the Board of Governors who do speak up.
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