The Faculty Athletics Committee Update Friday, December 7, 2012

Year Plan – presented in September Topic Experts Team Liaisons Topics – Reviewed and/or monitored – Student Athlete Experience – Admissions – Academics – Advising – Academic Support – Policies and Procedures – Operations

October – Student Athlete Experience (N= 72), (N=59), and this year (N=46) In , there were a total of 123 senior student athletes; therefore the overall response rate was 37% Overall Summary: In general, senior student athletes who completed the exit surveys in rated both the athletic and academic experiences at UNC quite favorably. It is likely that many of the significant differences reported between revenue and non-revenue sport student athletes are the lingering effects of the NCAA investigation and sanctions, and the heightened national and local press associated with the football and athletics program. In spite of these stressors, senior student athletes were generally quite favorable about their time and experiences at UNC.

November – Student Athlete Experience Moving Forward Surveys distributed and collected and input by athletics; analyzed by FAC and discussed; actions, if indicated, sent to the appropriate body; FAC with Athletics conducted group interviews with exiting seniors Odum Institute involvement with instrument design and training Process changes – Still both written and oral exit data from seniors – FAC discussions with SAAC

November – Team Liaison Role Communicating with the coaching staff of the team to discuss the student-athlete experience at UNC from recruitment through graduation; Meeting with the team so that the student-athletes know that the faculty and the FAC are interested in learning more about their commitments as student-athletes; Contacting ASPSA counselors and academic advisors assigned to their team to learn about any policies, processes, or support that might be needed; and Representing the team in FAC discussions regarding the special needs of the sport.

December - Admissions Discussions with and from – Steve Farmer from UGA – Layna Mosley and Beverly Foster, FAC topic experts

January – Admissions Moving Forward Questions raised by FAC and other faculty members related to admissions and answered Outside input from peer institutions Considerations for year end suggestions and recommmendations

Advising, Academics, Academic Support Suggestions, Support, Recommendations, Requests that integrate all things academics and athletics from a well-informed Committee who has reviewed current practices and policies at UNC with additional support information from outside UNC

Conversations, Input, Discussions Connections – between many groups/committees related to athletics Understanding – interrelationship of concerns and issues and successes Informed discussion – FAC process

Conversations, Input, Discussions Input from faculty members: The ARG requests that the University strike the terms "student-athlete" and "collegiate model of sport" from its lexicon. Abundant evidence shows, and former NCAA president Walter Byers has admitted with regard to "student- athlete," that these are intellectually dishonest terms invented for the purpose of preserving an amateur ideal that protects the NCAA's financial interests. There is no reason for UNC to use such morally compromised language with regard to its own activities. "UNC athletes" and "UNC students" are sufficient categories. 2.

Conversations, Input, Discussions The ARG requests that the athletics department explain what it regards as "countable hours" of sport- related activity for its sport teams. We need to have accurate measures, and accurate measuring instruments, to determine the kinds of balances our athletes strike in their schedules.

Conversations, Input, Discussions The ARG requests that the FAC propose (if not already policy) that, in the future, eligibility for membership on the FAC be restricted to faculty who teach undergraduates on some regular basis. Many of the issues that arise from student involvement in athletics are understood well only by those who teach undergraduates and manage undergraduate classrooms.

Thank you for all your input and support