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Managing the Cost of Gender Equity
June 30, 2008 - Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.DPresident
Few athletics programs are currently fully in compliance with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions that are recipients of federal funds. What is the most sensible approach to achieving compliance without breaking the bank and how should a school handle gender equity complaints when it knows it is not yet in compliance?
Read More Faculty Control and Involvement or Athletics Department Isolation?
June 2, 2008 - Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.DPresident
It’s time for athletics programs to invest in closer relationships with the faculty, especially with regard to the offering of academic support programs and recommendations for special admissions. Every athletics director must rethink the issue of ideal faculty relationships. The academic success of student-athletes is at stake.
Read More Unintended Consequences of the APR…
May 5, 2008 - Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.DPresident
Here are several thoughts about the possible unintended consequences of the NCAA’s Division I Academic Performance Program. History shows that it is impossible to legislate moral integrity. Make a rule and there are always unanticipated impacts, those who will figure a way around it or live by walking on its gray and hazy edges. As academic progress rate (APR) and graduation success rate (GSR) pressures increase, we may very well see an increase in unintended consequences on student-athletes and academic support staffs.
Read More Implementing the Mechanisms of Value Leadership
April 7, 2008 - Donna A. Lopiano, Ph.DPresident
Faced with recent multi-million dollar court judgments and the potential of increased Title IX litigation, gender equity has become a more compelling issue for many institutions. But it’s easy to ‘miss the forest for the trees’. Value leadership is not about doing something because of being afraid of what might happen if you don’t. Rather, value leadership is about doing something because it is the right thing to do.
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