Entries categorized as ‘College News’
The news is official, the Department of Education is going to reverse the 2005 guidance.
In March 2005, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the U. S. Department of Education issued the Additional Clarification of the Intercollegiate Athletics Policy. The “Clarification” allows colleges to use student interest web-based surveys that follow specific technical guidelines outlined by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to assess students’ athletic interests as a means to demonstrate Title IX compliance with Prong 3 (meeting athletic interests and abilities). According to the OCR, there is no fairer way to measure interest than to ask directly. To provide technical assistance in implementing a viable interest evaluation that is acceptable, the NCES prepared the “Model Survey” and User’s Guide to Developing Student Interest Surveys.
Schools using the surveys incorporate them into college registration forms. The surveys are not “spam emails” sent out to female students as have been characterized.
For more details, go to the College Sports Council blog.
Categories: College News · Save Sports
Tagged: Title IX model surveys
UCLA breaks ground for $10M aquatic center
Now here’s one that’s hard to swallow. The UCLA Athletic Department began construction on their $10 million aquatic center on June 30. And who benefits? According to UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, providing “more aquatic opportunities for our teams, clubs, faculty, staff and students is going to be a win-win situation for everyone.” Everyone except for men’s swimming and diving.
UCLA eliminated men’s swimming and diving teams in 1994. (more…)
Categories: College News · Save Sports · Swimming
Tagged: UCLA Aquatic Center, UCLA Spieker Aquatic Center
ASU Men's Swimming back in action for 2008-09
Having raised enough money to reinstate men’s wrestling in just 10 days and now men’s swimming, ASU’s verve and donor support system is pretty impressive. Effective immediately, Arizona State University swimming has been reinstated. According to Simon Percy, ASU men’s assistant swimming coach who led the aggressive fundraising effort, they raised $330,000 in cash. Another $670,000 has been pledged whereby the $1 million raised would cover the program’s operating budget for four years. Percy said donations came from “literally hundreds of donors”.
Lisa Love, ASU Vice President for Athletics, said fundraising for the program will be an ongoing process. To fully endow men’s swimming, $5 million must be raised. Go Sun Devils!
Categories: College News
Tagged: ASU men's swimming, ASU restores men's program
NCAA President says reject surveys
The NCAA Executive Committee is flexing its political muscle. Immediately after the “2005 Additional Clarification of the Intercollegiate Athletics Policy” was issued by the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education, NCAA President Myles Brand told NCAA members to reject it. That is, don’t use Prong 3 of the Title IX’s Three-Prong Test. The Clarification allows the use of student interest surveys to assess the interests and abilities of an institution’s student population.
Brand said, “In my experience, college and university presidents and chancellors almost uniformly favor a strong Title IX. I believe this latest clarification weakens Title IX.” He continued, “The new guidelines will likely stymie the growth of women’s athletics and could reverse the progress made over the last three decades.” (more…)
Categories: College News
Tagged: Myles Brand, NCAA, safe harbor, Title IX
Local civic leaders save ASU wrestling
Arizona State University men’s wrestling boosters bounce back. Here’s a great example of an impassioned community that stepped up and made a difference. Ten days after ASU cut men’s swimming, tennis and wrestling to save $1.1 million annually, men’s wrestling was saved with promises of an $8 million endowment. Way to go!
Categories: College News
Tagged: Arizona State University, ASU wrestling, wrestling
USA Volleyball Boosts Club Teams to Varsity
USA Volleyball has the right idea. To cope with Title IX consequences, the National Governing Body for volleyball developed a grant program. The $6000 grant is awarded to NCAA institutions that sponsor a men’s volleyball program. The objective:
1. To increase opportunities for men to play varsity collegiate volleyball.
2. To grow the sport at the collegiate level.
(more…)
Categories: College News · Volleyball
Tagged: NCAA Collegiate Grant Program, NCAA Men's Volleyball, USA Volleyball
ASU Eliminates Three Men's Varsity Teams
Arizona State University eliminated 3 men’s athletic teams on May 13 — wrestling, swimming and tennis. These are the first cuts since 1993 when ASU dropped men’s gymnastics, archery and badminton. As many as 70 male athletes lost their opportunity to play collegiate sports and 6 full-time coaching positions were eliminated.
Men’s varsity sports make up 40% of ASU’s athletic programs. Those still being funded are:
- Baseball, basketball, cross country, diving, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field
Varsity women’s teams make up 60% of ASU’s athletic programs. Those still being funded are:
- basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, volleyball, and water polo (more…)
Categories: College News
Tagged: ASU drops swimming, ASU drops tennis, ASU drops wrestling
