NCAA Certification
Equity and Welfare Subcommittee

October 20, 2005

Meeting Minutes
 

Members in attendance: Ron Chordas, Frank Bosso, Kathylynn Feld, Jimmy Myers, Terry Fullum, Brittny Humphrey, Ron Strollo, Elaine Jacobs, Dan O’Connell

Item 3 – Plan for Improvement

Committee reviewed and moved to approve the plans for improvement and actions taken on the plan including the following:

    Approval of the Denise DeBartolo-York Endowment for the Enrichment of Women’s Athletics.
    Board-approved 2005-2010 Gender Equity Plan

Item 4 – Continual Improvement and Monitoring

Committee reviewed how the institution is organized to further its efforts and provide that matters concerning gender equity are monitored, evaluated, and addressed on a continuing basis.  Based on review of coach’s evaluations, Board approval of the 2005-2010 Gender Equity Plan, minutes of Intercollegiate Athletics Council minutes, and Student-athlete Exit Interview data, committee agrees that a plan for the continual improvement and monitoring is in place.

Item 5 – Gender Equity Issues Plan for the Future

The committee reviewed the EADA Reports from 2002, 2003, and 2004. Ron Strollo provided more in-depth descriptions and explanations for items as requested by the committee. Based upon analyzing the data, the conclusions that can be drawn are:

1) Female enrollment has increased by 1 percent from 2002 to 2004

2) Female athlete participation has increased by 1 percent from 45 percent to 44 percent from 2002 to 2004

3) Female athletically-related aid is 42 percent of the aid expensed in 2004, which is comparable to the 44 percent participation rate; (also noted that the budgeted athletic aid for females in 2004 was 45 percent)

4) Female recruiting expenses increased from 29 percent in 2002 to 37 percent in 2004

5) The operating expenses per participant by gender are comparable

6) The operating expenses for females overall decreased from 42% in 2002 to 39% in 2004. (It was noted that one football away game destination e.g. flight vs. bus, in any given year will offset the operating expenses dramatically.)

7) The number of female assistant coaches for female teams has increased from 4 in 2002 to 7 in 2004.

8) Head coaches of female team’s average salary per position increased by 68% from 2002 to 2004 while male head coach average salary per position increased by 54% during the same time

9) Assistant Coaches of female teams average salary per position increased by 56% from 2002 to 2004 while assistant coaches for male teams increased by 41% during the same time

10) The number of assistant coaches for female teams increased by 3 from 2002 to 2004 while the number of assistant coaches for male teams only increased by 1.

Pending further review, the committee did not move to approve the plan at this time.

The next meeting is scheduled for November 3, 2005 at 11 a.m. in the Provost Conference Room, Tod Hall.