CHARGE & RESPONSIBILITIES: CHARGE & RESPONSIBILITIES The Intercollegiate Athletics Committee shall:

• 1. Represent the academic standards of the university as embodied in the University of Oregon Mission Statement in all decisions;
• 2. Advise the administration, the senate, and the athletics director on any athletics department policy or program, including the athletics department budget;
• 3. Promote and safeguard opportunities for student athletes to excel in academics and protect and ensure the academic integrity of student athletes; and,
• 4. Promote greater understanding, for the university community, of intercollegiate athletics and the relationship between academics and athletics.

• 1. The athletics department on:
 
• 1. any proposed changes in departmental recruiting policies, academic advising, expectations regarding student schedules, or any other practice that could affect the academic or financial standing of students who are athletes. The IAC need not to be informed of all changes mandated by the NCAA for student athletes, which fall under the purview of the faculty athletics representative, although the IAC should be notified of any major changes.
• 2. any decisions, large donations, or commercial offers that potentially change the financial landscape of athletics or might influence university finances outside the athletics department;
• 3. any decisions that potentially affect the campus environment, including construction, removal, or remodeling of facilities, changes in the timing of facilities use, or changes in permitted uses of facilities;
• 4. scheduling of athletic events, including scheduling changes made to accommodate other universities or the media except for Saturday football start times;
• 5. addition or termination of sport teams, or changes in the status of sport teams;
• 6. the appointment of head coaches for all intercollegiate athletics teams. In cases where an open search process is conducted for head coaching positions, an Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC) faculty member shall be included on the search committee. When the search is abbreviated, the athletics director shall consult with the chair of the IAC.
• 2. The athletics director, or designee, via the chair of the IAC to determine if changes in athletics department procedures, policies, or activities reach a threshold deserving of attention by the full committee.
• 3. The faculty athletics representative about all ongoing investigations and major violations.

To better educate its committee members to the complexities of university athletics, the IAC shall hold a once yearly retreat prior to the academic year. The retreat shall provide a forum for new members to learn about the role of the IAC in supporting the Mission Statement of the University of Oregon, to learn about administration of campus athletics, and to be informed on issues potentially requiring IAC attention in the year ahead.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee is fixed and consists of eighteen (18) voting members, eleven (11) teaching faculty, two (2) classified staff, and five (5) students. Eight (8) teaching faculty members -- four (4) from the College of Arts and Sciences and four (4) from other areas -- and two (2) classified staff shall be elected to the committee by the teaching faculty, and classified staff, respectively. Faculty and staff committee members may serve up to three consecutive two-year terms. After three terms, faculty and staff members must be off the committee for two years before being eligible for re-election or re-appointment. The University Senate shall appoint two (2) faculty members to the IAC for two-year terms. The faculty athletics representative shall be an ex-officio member of the committee with full membership privileges. The five students shall be appointed through the ASUO and the president's office. At least one student member shall be a varsity student athlete. Students shall serve one-year terms and may serve up to three consecutive terms. The athletics director and his designees on the IAC shall be ex-officio non-voting members. No member of the IAC may receive benefits from the Department of Athletics beyond what she or he would otherwise be entitled to if she or he were not a member of the IAC.

REPORTING

The Intercollegiate Athletics Committee shall report to the University Senate. At a minimum this report shall be in the form of an annual written report submitted by the committee chair to the secretary of the University Senate no later than the final University Senate meeting in May. The committee shall also make additional written or oral reports to the senate as necessary. The IAC executive committee shall maintain communication with the senate through the IAC's senate appointees (who are eligible to serve on the executive committee). The executive committee shall meet with the senate president and the vice president for academic affairs at the beginning of the academic year.

For further information concerning IAC minutes and reports, please see the Faculty Governance Archives