This is an earlier version of this motion posted 31 January 2005. It is available for archival purposes only.

Motion US04/05-5 – University Senate Endorsement of the COIA Best Practice Guidelines on Academic Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics

Sponsored by:   University Senate President, W. Andrew Marcus

Action Date:    February 9, 2005

Whereas, the University of Oregon University Senate is a member of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA), and;

Whereas, the COIA steering committee has requested that faculty leaders from member institutions vote on acceptance of a COIA document that details suggested best practice guidelines for Academic Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics, and;

Whereas, the COIA document does not mandate practices at member schools, but rather, states that, “The object [of the best practices document] is not to prescribe what schools must do, but to suggest issues that schools need to consider and approaches that may with adaptation fit local needs and strengthen the way athletics supports the educational mission.  Where other local practices already accomplish the goal of academic integrity, those may in fact constitute best practices for that institution.”

Therefore, be it resolved that the University of Oregon University Senate:

(1)  Endorses the COIA document on best practice guidelines for academic integrity in intercollegiate athletics, and;

(2)  Charges the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee with recommending to the University Senate which of the COIA guidelines should be implemented at the University of Oregon.

Background to the Motion

The University Senate voted to join COIA on February 11, 2004.  The background materials to Resolution US03/04-03 state that:

The Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) is composed of faculty leaders from NCAA Division I-A schools. It is one of several groups seeking long-range, comprehensive, moderate reforms in intercollegiate athletics. It seeks to represent the faculty voice in the growing national debate over the future of college sports. The Coalition's goals are set forth in the Framework for Comprehensive Athletics Reform.  The Coalition is working with the leadership of other stakeholder groups interested in athletics reform, including the NCAA itself, the AGB (Association of Governing Boards, representing the trustees and regents), and the AAUP (American Association of University Professors)

Since the University of Oregon University Senate joined COIA, membership in the organization has grown to include senates from 45 Division I-A Universities.  In January, 2005, representatives from the COIA steering committee approved a document outlining best practices for insuring Academic Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics. 

 

The Academic Integrity document does not provide specific rules that each campus must follow.  Rather, if accepted, it creates a framework for individual universities to use as they develop best practices for their home institutions.

 

 


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COIA

The Coalition on
Intercollegiate Athletics

      an alliance of faculty senates working for college sports reform     

  Framework for Intercollegiate Athletics Reform  (2003)

Campus Athletics Governance, the Faculty Role:  Principles, Proposed Rules, and Guidelines (April 2004)

  VOTING DRAFT                       VOTING DRAFT 

Academic Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics:
Principles, Proposed Rules, and Guidelines


(February 2005)

COIA STEERING COMMITTEE

FACULTY SENATES THAT HAVE ENDORSED AND JOINED COIA


"ACCOUNTING HOLDS SPORTS ACCOUNTABLE"
(NCAA NEWS, 11/22/2004),
by MICHAEL GRANOF,
COIA Steering Committee


AGB STATEMENT ON BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS


HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

COIA CHARTER

ALLIANCE WITH NCAA & AGB

PAC-10 RESOLUTION
BIG TEN RESOLUTION
OTHER DOCUMENTS

About the Coalition

The Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) was formed in 2002.  COIA is an alliance of faculty senates, welcoming membership from all Division IA schools.  It seeks to become a faculty voice in the national debate over the future of college sports.  The Coalition functions through a Steering Committee, nominated by faculty leaders of schools in their conferences, and through ongoing communication with its membership.

     COIA works with the American Association of University Professors, the Association of Governing Boards (a national organization representing college and university trustees), the NCAA, and other groups to promote serious and comprehensive reform of intercollegiate sports.  Its goal is to preserve and enhance the contributions athletics can make to academic life by addressing longstanding problems in college sports that undermine those contributions.

     A detailed description of COIA's founding goals is set forth in the Framework for Intercollegiate Athletics Reform.  This document remains an overall view of the Coalition's objectives, but detailed refinements of COIA's positions are being developed in a series of policy papers, dealing with athletics governance, admissions and scholarship issues, and the protection of academic integrity in college sports programs.

     In early 2004, Coalition leaders, in consultation with the leadership of the national Faculty Athletics Representatives Association, drafted Campus Athletics Governance the Faculty Role: Principles, Proposed Rules, and Guidelines.  After a process of discussion and amendment, that document was adopted in April 2004 as a Coalition policy recommendation for Division IA. 

    The Coalition membership met at Vanderbilt University, January 6-7, 2005, to discuss a proposed document concerning the relationship between athletics and academics: Academic Integrity in Intercollegiate Athletics:  Principles, Proposed Rules, and Guidelines.  Representatives of 26 of the then 44 member schools attended, and endorsed a document for final review and comment by the full membership.  The membership has further amended the document to the current "Voting Draft"; a vote on adoption will be conducted during March.  Initial drafts of this document were developed in consultation with members of the leaderships of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletes and The Drake Group; neither group endorses all proposals in the document, but we have benefited greatly from their contributions. 

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