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Diversity & Inclusion
The NCAA oversees 88 championships in 23 sports. There are more than 400,000 student-athletes competing in Divisions I, II and III at over 1,000 colleges and universities within the NCAA.
The late NCAA President, Myles Brand was dedicated to enhancing the academic environment and eliminating the phrase “dumb jock” from the American vocabulary, and emphasizing the phrase “student-athlete”, instead. In 2005, he brought this idea into even sharper focus when he created the office of Diversity and Inclusion with the commitment to nurturing and encouraging this principle under his leadership.
One of the NCAA’s core values is to oversee competition in a fair, safe, equitable and sportsmanlike manner, and to incorporate intercollegiate athletics into higher education so that the educational experience of the student-athlete is paramount.
Why does the NCAA believe so deeply in diversity and inclusion? According to a recent joint report from the American Council on Education and the American Association of University Professors, they believe that diversity education “extends the meaning of personal, social and moral growth and improves the capacity of college and universities to achieve their missions.” (Harrison, 2010)
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Rules Enforcement
Another important program is the NCAA Enforcement Program. The objective of this program is to reduce violations of NCAA legislation and to impose appropriate penalties if violations occur. The program is committed to the fairness of procedures and to the timely and equitable resolution of infractions cases.
In Divisions I, II and III, the Committees on Infractions are composed primarily of individuals from NCAA member institutions. The committees are responsible for determining whether rules infractions occurred and, if so, what penalties should be applied. There are five members on the committee. At least one of the members is from the general public and is not associated with a college, professional sports organization or athletes in any way. The other members must be a staff member of an NCAA school or conference.
It is believed that the presence of both the Diversity & Inclusion and the Rules Enforcement programs in colleges and universities help to raise, rather than lower, academic standards.
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