The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Invites Review Of Self-Study Of Athletics
3/18/2008 | Athletics
OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi committee is wrapping up a campus-wide study of its athletics programs as part of the NCAA Division I athletics certification program. A draft of the 375-page self-study report is on reserve in the J.D. Williams Library on the Oxford campus through March 31 to encourage public review and comment.
The final report is to be submitted to the NCAA about May 1. After reviewing Ole Miss' final self-study report, an NCAA peer review team plans to visit the campus Oct. 21-23. Several months later, Ole Miss should be notified of the NCAA's certification status.
NCAA's Division I certification program is the first to focus solely on athletics as an integral part of a university. It was adopted by NCAA Division I members in 1993, when they overwhelmingly supported the program and its standards.
The program helps ensure integrity in members' athletics operations by throwing them open to the rest of the university community and to the public. Institutions involved in the program benefit by increasing campus-wide awareness and knowledge of their athletics programs, confirming their strengths and developing plans to improve areas of concern.
Areas studied are academic integrity, governance and commitment to rules compliance, and equity and student athlete well-being. Within each area, the program has set standards, or operating principles, which serve as a "measuring stick" upon which all Division I members are evaluated.
To conduct the self-study, committees of faculty, staff, students, alumni and athletics personnel have since September gathered data and information from existing records, interviews and other sources. The steering committee responsible for the study includes Chancellor Robert Khayat and is chaired by Acting Provost Morris Stocks.
NCAA's certification program "engages representatives from a wide spectrum of the campus in a full review of the athletics department," Stocks said. "Many misperceptions and myths are laid to rest in the process."
Individuals with comments or questions after reading the report should contact Stocks by e-mail (acstocks@olemiss.edu), phone (662-915-5773) or letter (Provost's Office, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677); or by letter to the Chancellor's Office at the same address.
Following its visit, the peer review team reports to the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification, which determines Ole Miss' certification status and announces it publicly. The three options of certification status are certified, certified with conditions and not certified.
Institutions have an opportunity to correct deficiencies. Those that don't may be ruled ineligible for NCAA championships. Tough sanctions also can be imposed on institutions failing to conduct a comprehensive self-study.
The NCAA is a membership organization of colleges and universities participating in intercollegiate athletics. The association's mission is to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of educational programs, and athletes as an integral part of the student body. The NCAA also formulates rules of play for NCAA sports, conducts national championships, adopts and enforces standards of eligibility, and studies all phases of intercollegiate athletics.
By Barbara Lago
University Relations
The final report is to be submitted to the NCAA about May 1. After reviewing Ole Miss' final self-study report, an NCAA peer review team plans to visit the campus Oct. 21-23. Several months later, Ole Miss should be notified of the NCAA's certification status.
NCAA's Division I certification program is the first to focus solely on athletics as an integral part of a university. It was adopted by NCAA Division I members in 1993, when they overwhelmingly supported the program and its standards.
The program helps ensure integrity in members' athletics operations by throwing them open to the rest of the university community and to the public. Institutions involved in the program benefit by increasing campus-wide awareness and knowledge of their athletics programs, confirming their strengths and developing plans to improve areas of concern.
Areas studied are academic integrity, governance and commitment to rules compliance, and equity and student athlete well-being. Within each area, the program has set standards, or operating principles, which serve as a "measuring stick" upon which all Division I members are evaluated.
To conduct the self-study, committees of faculty, staff, students, alumni and athletics personnel have since September gathered data and information from existing records, interviews and other sources. The steering committee responsible for the study includes Chancellor Robert Khayat and is chaired by Acting Provost Morris Stocks.
NCAA's certification program "engages representatives from a wide spectrum of the campus in a full review of the athletics department," Stocks said. "Many misperceptions and myths are laid to rest in the process."
Individuals with comments or questions after reading the report should contact Stocks by e-mail (acstocks@olemiss.edu), phone (662-915-5773) or letter (Provost's Office, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677); or by letter to the Chancellor's Office at the same address.
Following its visit, the peer review team reports to the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification, which determines Ole Miss' certification status and announces it publicly. The three options of certification status are certified, certified with conditions and not certified.
Institutions have an opportunity to correct deficiencies. Those that don't may be ruled ineligible for NCAA championships. Tough sanctions also can be imposed on institutions failing to conduct a comprehensive self-study.
The NCAA is a membership organization of colleges and universities participating in intercollegiate athletics. The association's mission is to maintain intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of educational programs, and athletes as an integral part of the student body. The NCAA also formulates rules of play for NCAA sports, conducts national championships, adopts and enforces standards of eligibility, and studies all phases of intercollegiate athletics.
By Barbara Lago
University Relations
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