The NCAA News - Digest

October 28, 1996

• GRADUATION RATES -- Department of Education grants waiver to reporting act
• FARA -- Faculty representative meeting to focus on restructuring
• POSTSEASON FOOTBALL -- Certification withdrawn for New Zealand's Haka Bowl

GRADUATION RATES

Department of Education grants waiver to reporting act

The U.S. Department of Education will grant a waiver to the NCAA pursuant to provisions of the Student Right-to-Know Act.

The waiver will allow the NCAA to collect, compile and distribute graduation-rates data and submit that data in report form to the Department of Education to satisfy requirements of the act.

The waiver applies to the submission of graduation-rates data by NCAA Division I institutions for the report due July 1, 1997. Divisions II and III institutions are not required under the law to submit data until 2001.

Staff contact: Doris A. Dixon.

FARA

Faculty representative meeting to focus on restructuring

The annual fall meeting of the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA) will focus on the role of faculty athletics representatives in the new NCAA governance structure.

The meeting will take place November 21-22 at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel-Con-course in Atlanta.

Faculty representatives attending the meeting will hear from a number of speakers who have been closely involved in the NCAA restructuring process. Among those who are scheduled to speak are NCAA Executive Director Cedric W. Dempsey; Roy F. Kramer, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference; and James E. Delany, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference.

Those who plan to attend are encouraged to register early. The registration form (which has been mailed to all FARA members) and the $95 registration fee are to be mailed to Phyllis Tonn at the NCAA national office before November 14.

Staff contact: Wallace I Renfro.

POSTSEASON FOOTBALL

Certification withdrawn for New Zealand's Haka Bowl

The NCAA Special Events Committee has revoked certification for the 1996 Haka Bowl because the bowl did not meet its deadline to provide a required financial guarantee.

The Haka Bowl was scheduled to feature the third-place teams from the Pacific-10 and the Western Athletic Conferences. The game was to have been played December 27 in Auckland, New Zealand (December 26 in the United States).

Staff contact: David E. Cawood.