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    DII presidents hesitant on audit proposal

    Jan 15, 2010 6:52:07 AM

    By Gary Brown
    The NCAA News

     

    ATLANTA – The Division II Presidents Council has referred back to the Membership Committee a proposal for the 2011 Convention that would allow the committee to randomly audit results and action plans of an institution's completed Institutional Self-Study Guide, minimum financial aid report and minimum sports-sponsorship report.

    The Division II Management Council had agreed during its meeting on Wednesday at the NCAA Convention to recommend the proposal to the Division II Presidents Council for next year's legislative cycle, but the Presidents Council at its Thursday meeting raised concerns over the random nature of the audits.

    Presidents want the Membership Committee to clarify whether it intends for the audits to be truly random or whether an institution's behavior would trigger review. Council members also want to know more details about the audit process before endorsing the concept.

    The proposal emanated from Membership Committee efforts over the last year to enhance standards and expectations for prospective Division II members to meet even before they apply for membership. With such a stringent focus on the front end, committee members thought it only fair to expect the same high standards of current Division II members.

    The Membership Committee meets again next month.

    In other action at its Thursday meeting, the Presidents Council ratified Fayetteville State Faculty Athletics Representative Leonza Loftin as a new member of the Division II Management Council, effective immediately. Loftin will complete the remainder of Sherman Ward's term that ends after the January 2013 Convention. Since Loftin will have served more than one-half of a term, he will not be eligible for re-election.

    Loftin, an assistant professor of mathematics, has been the faculty representative at Fayetteville State for six years. He has a bachelor's degree from Fayetteville State, a master's from Appalachian State and a Ph.D. from North Carolina.