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NCAA News Archive - 2003
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| August 5-6 | Division I Men's Basketball Committee | Indianapolis |
| August 6-7 | Division I Board of Directors | Indianapolis |
| August 6-7 | Divisions II and III Presidents Councils | Indianapolis |
| August 6-7 | Division I Women's Basketball Committee | Indianapolis |
| August 8 | Executive Committee | Indianapolis |
| August 8-10 | Division I Committee on Infractions | Providence, Rhode Island |
| August 11-14 | Men's Lacrosse Committee | Indianapolis |
| August 16-19 | Division I Infractions Appeal Committee | Chicago |
GOVERNANCE
Division I gives legislative form to academic-reform proposals
The Division I Management Council has introduced a three-proposal package that, if approved by the Board of Directors in April 2004, will more accurately measure teams' academic performance and hold institutions accountable for recruitment and retention of student-athletes who will obtain their degrees.
The proposals would:
Establish an Academic Performance Program that measures performance through an Annual Academic and Retention Rate.
Create an incentives/disincentives structure that rewards institutions that comply with Academic Performance Program parameters and penalizes those that do not.
Establish a contemporaneous penalty that prohibits an institution from re-awarding a scholarship from a student-athlete who fails to meet eligibility standards and withdraws from the institution to an incoming prospective student-athlete.
Staff contact: David Berst (dberst@ncaa.org).
GOVERNANCE
Division III Management Council signs off on 'future' proposals
The Division III Management Council has forwarded a "reform" package of proposals relating to the future of Division III to the Presidents Council.
If the presidents approve the measures at their August 7 meeting, the proposals will come before the Division III membership for voting in January.
Perhaps the most anticipated proposal is one that would create an annual reporting process that would examine and compare, on an institutional basis, financial aid awarded to student-athletes with that awarded to nonathletes.
The reporting process would include a pilot for the entire membership next fall, while the actual process would begin in fall 2005.
Staff contact: Dan Dutcher (ddutcher@ncaa.org).
GOVERNANCE
Minimum credit-hour legislation supported in Division II
The Division II Management Council continued with its efforts to improve the academic performance of Division II student-athletes by agreeing to recommend that the Presidents Council sponsor legislation that would require student-athletes to pass six hours of academic credit in the preceding academic term in order to be eligible for athletics competition.
The proposal, which originated with the Division II Academic Requirements Committee, would be effective with hours earned in the 2005 fall term, if adopted.
Staff contact: Mike Racy (mracy@ncaa.org).
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