NCAA Athletic Certification Open Meetings Schedule
Open Meeting
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
KSU Union, Room 207
Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance
Thursday, April 11, 2002
2:00 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
KSU Union, Rm. 207
Academic Integrity
Thursday, April 11, 2002
3:30 P.M.-5:00 P.M.
KSU Union, Rm. 212
Fiscal Integrity
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
1:30 P.M.-3:00 P.M.
KSU Union, Big XII Room
Equity, Welfare and Sportsmanship
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
2:30 P.M.-3:30 P.M.
KSU Union, Staterooms 1& 2
Oct. 31, 2001
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State University is beginning the
process to go through second-cycle certification from the NCAA, as
part of the normal procedure required of all Division I members of
the organization.
A number of campus leaders have agreed to be part of the
certification process, which includes a number of open meetings with
the public. The first set of open meetings with various subcommittees
will take place during November on the following schedule:
Governance & Commitment to Rules - Friday, Nov. 9 - 1:00-2:30 p.m. - Union Big 12 Room
Fiscal Integrity - Monday, Nov. 12 - 1:00-2:30 p.m. - Union 212
Equity, Welfare and Sportsmanship - Wednesday, Nov. 14 - 1:30-3:00 p.m. - Union 213
Academic Integrity - Thursday, Nov. 15 - 1:30-3:00 p.m. -Union Big 12 Room
Following a self-study process in a wide-ranging number of
areas, a peer-review team will be on campus sometime in the fall of
2002 to complete the process.
Athletics certification is meant to ensure the NCAA's
fundamental commitment to integrity in intercollegiate athletics. The
program is structured to achieve its goal in several ways:
- By opening the affairs of athletics to the university
community and the public. Key campus constituent groups must be
meaningfully involved in the institution's self-study. Self-study
reports are evaluated by teams of peer reviewers from other
institutions and conference offices. Decisions of the Committee on
Athletics Certification related to an institution's status
are announced publicly.
- By setting standards (called operating principles) for the
operation of Division I athletics programs. These operating
principles were adopted overwhelmingly at the 1993 NCAA Convention.
They cover four basic areas - governance and commitment to rule
compliance, academic integrity, fiscal integrity, and equity, welfare
and sportsmanship.
In preparation for the second cycle of the athletics
certification program, the operating principles in each of those four
areas were reworked and revised as necessary to complement and
supplement information obtained by institutions during their first
cycle self-studies. Following revision by the Division I membership,
these changes were approved in 1998 by the Division I Management
Council and Board of Directors.
- By putting tough sanctions in place for institutions that
fail to conduct a comprehensive self-study or to correct problems.
Athletics certification is intended to help an institution, not harm
it. For this reason, the program allows ample time for an institution
to consider its programs, to identify problems and to correct them.
Institutions that fail to make an honest effort face serious
consequences: ineligibility for NCAA championships and, eventually,
removal from active membership in the Association.
For more information regarding Kansas State's athletic
certification process, contact Erick Harper, assistant athletics
director for compliance, at 785-532-3990, or Bob Krause, Vice
President for Institutional Advancement at 785-532-5942.
