Following is a summary of Division I news from the week of August 11-15.

•  The Men’s Basketball Academic Enhancement Working Group moved closer to recommending a summer-school requirement for men’s basketball student-athletes. The group believes the summer environment provides an opportunity to help improve academic performance in that sport.

•  Jacki Siler, associate athletics director at Duke, was chosen to chair the Women’s Basketball Committee during the 2008-09 academic year. She succeeds LSU’s Judy Southard in the position. Southard will remain as a committee member for another year.

•  The Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Committee proposed a new system for advancing through the championships in the sport that would replace the current regional qualifying system with “first-round” qualifying that establishes fields for the national finals through head-to-head competition.

• The Women’s Basketball Committee announced eight finalist cities to host the 2012-16 Women’s Final Fours. Finalists are: Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Denver; Indianapolis; Nashville; New Orleans; San Antonio; and Tampa, Florida.