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NCAA Certification
Academic Integrity Subcommittee
October 10, 2005
Meeting Minutes
Subcommittee members present: Beverly,
Davis, Love, Kestner (chair), O’Bruba, Roller, Shipka, Snowberger, Walters
Dobson, Walker
Guest: Jacobs
The Academic Integrity
subcommittee held its initial meeting from 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. After introductions,
an overview of the certification process was presented including a timeline for
completion of the self-study. Self-study materials were distributed and
subcommittee members were informed of the certification link on the
YSU/Athletics website. A schedule of subcommittee meeting was included in the
materials distributed.
The charge of the Academic
Integrity subcommittee was reviewed and found to include coverage of self-study
items related to Operating Principle 2.1, Academic Standards and Operating
Principle 2.2, Academic Support.
Self-Study Items 1 though 7
were reviewed and responded to as follows:
1. During the first-cycle
certification, Youngstown State University was found to be in substantial
compliance in areas related to Operating Principle 2.1, therefore no “corrective
actions,” “conditions for certification,” or “strategies for improvement” were
imposed.
2. In accordance with the
“strategy for improvement” developed during the fist-cycle certification, copy
was added to the Undergraduate Bulletin beginning in 2000-2001 and continuing to
the current Undergraduate Bulletin which specifically refers to admission
requirements for potential student athletes (refer to attachment 40 in your
binder).
3. No additional plans for
improvement/recommendations related to Operating Principle 2.1 have been
developed since first-cycle certification
4. With regards to the
admission of student-athletes to Youngstown State University, Sue Davis,
Director of Undergraduate Admissions was interviewed. Ms. Davis stated
that student-athletes must meet the same admission requirements as students in
general and that student-athletes are, in fact, not identified during the
admission process. Admission standards are created and modified at Youngstown
State University by the Academic Senate, subject to the approval of the
administration and the Board of Trustees. The Academic Senate is composed of 70
faculty representatives, 15 students representatives and 15 administrators.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is charged with the application of these
standards to in-coming students. In some cases the decision of whether or
not to admit particular transfer students may be made by the college in which
the student wishes to enroll. This may be the case for both
student-athletes and students in general, although in cases of suspension from
the original institution, student athletes are ineligible to compete as a
function of NCAA rules. (Refer to Attachment 41 in your binder for
bulletin copy related to admission standard for incoming students,) Admission
standards for transfer and international students will be distributed at the
next meeting.
5. The admission profiles of
student-athletes who received athletic grants-in-aid and students in general at
Youngstown State University were not found to differ significantly. Data
provided by the Office of Institutional Research for students in general and by
the Athletics Department for student-athletes who received athletic
grants-in-aid for the most recent three academic years shows the comparison of
admission test scores for student-athletes and student in general subcategorized
by gender, racial/ethnic group and sport. (Refer to attachment 42 in your
binder)
6. According to Ms.
Davis, students (student-athletes and students in general) who do not meet
admission requirements are not admitted.
7. Since there is not
process by which students who do not meet admission requirements are admitted,
self-study item 7 is not applicable.
The next meeting of the
Academic Integrity subcommittee will be held Monday, Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. in the
DeBartolo Dean’s Conference Room. Reminders and an agenda will be emailed a few
days before the meeting
Submitted by Jane Kestner |
