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Athletics Program Recertified By NCAA
Michelle Firestone
Issue date: 5/2/08 Section: News
The University of Connecticut has been recertified as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) school after undergoing a 12-month reaccredidation process.
According to Michael Enright, the executive director of UConn's athletic communication, UConn last went through the process in 1998. The NCAA instituted the reaccredidation program to ensure that schools were complying with rules and that academic support was being conducted.
UConn has been a part of the NCAA since the organization's inception in 1906, Enright said. Reaccreditation is mandated for every Division I school in the NCAA and is conducted every 10 years. The process is similar to the reaccreditation that the university goes through for its academic operations.
UConn has a self-study committee that looks at the university's intercollegiate athletic program in great detail to ensure that the school is meeting NCAA qualifications. According to Ronald Schurin, an associate professor of political science who chaired the committee, the university is also evaluated every four years by an authority outside the athletic department.
A group of three people were designated by the NCAA to conduct the evaluations. V. Lane Rawlins, the former president of Washington State University, Susan Hartmann, professor of history and women's studies at the Ohio State University, and Karin Lee, assistant director of athletics at the University of Alabama, examined a report written by UConn's self-study committee and then conducted interviews and wrote up their own report evaluating the university.
One major area the committee looked at is academic integrity. UConn uses the Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes (CPIA). This program helps the university to help ensure their student athletes meet the academic standards of the institution.
The NCAA was pleased with UConn's academic support system and asked if they could share the report on the CPIA's activities with other schools.
According to Michael Enright, the executive director of UConn's athletic communication, UConn last went through the process in 1998. The NCAA instituted the reaccredidation program to ensure that schools were complying with rules and that academic support was being conducted.
UConn has been a part of the NCAA since the organization's inception in 1906, Enright said. Reaccreditation is mandated for every Division I school in the NCAA and is conducted every 10 years. The process is similar to the reaccreditation that the university goes through for its academic operations.
UConn has a self-study committee that looks at the university's intercollegiate athletic program in great detail to ensure that the school is meeting NCAA qualifications. According to Ronald Schurin, an associate professor of political science who chaired the committee, the university is also evaluated every four years by an authority outside the athletic department.
A group of three people were designated by the NCAA to conduct the evaluations. V. Lane Rawlins, the former president of Washington State University, Susan Hartmann, professor of history and women's studies at the Ohio State University, and Karin Lee, assistant director of athletics at the University of Alabama, examined a report written by UConn's self-study committee and then conducted interviews and wrote up their own report evaluating the university.
One major area the committee looked at is academic integrity. UConn uses the Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes (CPIA). This program helps the university to help ensure their student athletes meet the academic standards of the institution.
The NCAA was pleased with UConn's academic support system and asked if they could share the report on the CPIA's activities with other schools.
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