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What
are the benefits of certification to institutions?
The benefits of the athletic certification to institutions
are self-awareness, affirmation, and opportunities to improve.
What
are the three areas certification addresses?
The Operating Principles/Standards addresses the areas of governance and commitment
to rules compliance; academic integrity; commitment to equity and student-athlete
welfare.
How does Cal State
Fullerton benefit from athletics certification?
Cal State Fullerton will benefit by increasing campus-wide awareness
and knowledge of the athletics program, confirming its strengths
and developing plans to improve areas of concern.
What is Cal
State Fullerton's certification status?
California State Fullerton is currently conducting its second cycle-NCAA
Certification Self-Study. The process began in the fall of 2005
with the institution launching a review of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Cal State Fullerton completed its first cycle certification self-study
in 1998 and was certified, and the Interim Report in 2002.
What is the Certification Steering Committee and what is
its role?
The Certification Steering
Committee is chaired by Cal State Fullerton
Executive Vice President, Judith Anderson. Members of the committee
include university faculty and staff, athletics department personnel
and community volunteers.
How was the Certification
Steering Committee selected?
The Certification Steering
Committee was
selected with broad-based participation in mind. All divisions
of the University are represented on the committee. They include
one community member/alumnus and Big West Conference involvement.
What
is the Chairs Committee and what is its role?
The Chairs Committee is
composed of Steering Committee chair; three subcommittee chairs; two assistant
chairs of the Steering Committee; the Director of Athletics; the Senior Associate
Director of Athletics/SWA; and Chief Report Writer. This committee developed
the subcommittee rosters ensuring broad-based participation as well as gender
and ethnic diversity.
What are the three
subcommittees and what are their roles?
The three subcommittees are
Academic Integrity; Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance;
and Equity and Student-Athlete Welfare. Each subcommittee is chaired
by a member of the Steering committee. It is the subcommittees’ responsibility
for collecting information and writing the draft report for assigned
area.
What is Cal State Fullerton process and progress?
A videoconference with an NCAA staff liaison was held on October
13, 2005. This videoconference provided an overview of the certification
process and addressed requirements for and questions related to
completion of the self study.
The committees have met regularly since September
2005 to collect data, discuss findings and review progress. The
data gathering and report writing was completed by March 1, 2006.
A thorough review of the self-study report was conducted
in March and April by the Steering
Committee to ensure that the responses and plans
for improvement reflected the operating principles. The final report was
submitted to the NCAA national office on May 11, 2006.
How will
information on the certification process and findings be disseminated
to internal and external audiences?
Presentations were made
in March 2006 to various campus groups about the certification
process, its origins and importance, some of the findings and
plans for improvement.
A forum was scheduled on April 2006 to
provide information to faculty, staff, students and community
groups.
The Steering
Committee reviewed all feedback received from the meetings
and via this website, and made changes to the
self-study report and plans for improvement as necessary before
the entire document was finalized.
What is the certification timeline?
Submission date of the self-study report is by May 15, 2006. The
NCAA staff liaison will then review the report for preliminary
issues. A
peer review team will visit our campus on September 25-27, 2006.
The Committee on Athletics Certification makes the
final certification decision. A decision will be sent to
Cal State Fullerton’s President, Milton A. Gordon in
February 2007.
What is the role of the Peer Review Team?
The responsibilities of the Peer Review
Team are to verify Accuracy
of the self-study; verify Broad-based participation;
and evaluate Conformity with the operating principles |
