intercollegiate athletics in the academy: seeking the
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INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS IN THE ACADEMY:
SEEKING THE IDEAL BALANCE
IN THE NEWS
IN THE NEWS
“We’re in the business of trying to help young people develop into independent, thinking, feeling, caring, and effective adult human beings. Conversations about the place of athletics in the academy have to take place within that context.”
--Steve Lewis President Emeritus, Carleton College
WHO ARE YOU GUYS?
Division I (light) 2
Division II 8
Division III 13
NAIA 7
no intercollegiate 4
“NOISE”
RECRUIT/ENROLL RETAIN
BRAND/MARKET WIN!
Importance of
Co/Extracurriculars Participation Rates
PARTICIPATION RATES
*George Washington = 5.1 percent
*George Mason = 2.7 percent
*U of Maryland = 2.1 percent
McDaniel College = 28.6 percent
*Division III average = 20 percent
PARTICIPATION RATES
median average
Division I (2) 3% 3%
Division II (8) 16% 19%
Division III (11) 28% 25%
NAIA (6) 16% 26%
PARTICIPATION RATES
0-9% 10
10-19% 4
20-29% 4
30-39% 5
40-49% 2
50 +% 2
Importance of
Co/Extracurriculars
Impact on Campus Culture, Student
Learning and Personal Growth
OK, SO….
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Georgetown President John DeGioia
• Two competing frameworks of
excellence:
a. pursuit of boundary breaking
achievement as exhibited by faculty
looking to make new discoveries and
coaches/athletes aspiring to athletic
excellence;
b. importance of balance among
various dimensions of college life
(ideally leading to balance in later
life).
KEY CHALLENGES
- Time
- Pursuit of National Championships
- Pre-College Specialization
- Keep Up With the Jones’s
- Communication/Misperceptions
TIME
Pursuit of National Championships
PRE-COLLEGE SPECIALIZATION
PRE-COLLEGE SPECIALIZATION
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES’S
POOR COMMUNICATION/
MISPERCEPTIONS
WHAT DO WE MEAN
BY
“INTEGRATION?”
AXIOMS -No turning back the clock
-Not an Athletic Dept “problem”
-Overreliance on legislation
-Avoid checkbox mentality
-Pick battles wisely
-Importance of intentionality
NO TURNING BACK THE CLOCK
NOT JUST AN
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PROBLEM
OVERRELIANCE ON LEGISLATION
AVOID CHECKBOX MENTALITY
PICK BATTLES WISELY
KEY PLAYERS
**STUDENTS**
-Presidents
-Direct Reports
-Faculty
-Athletic Administrators
-Coaches
WHAT TO EXPECT - Personnel: Coach Status/Contracts
- Facility/Funding Pressures
- Admissions/Financial Aid Pressures
- Over-Involved Parents
- Academic/Behavioral Issues
PERSONNEL:
COACH STATUS/CONTRACTS
FACILITY/FUNDING PRESSURES
ADMISSIONS/FINNANCIAL AID
PRESSURE
OVER-INVOLVED PARENTS
ACADEMIC/BEHAVIORAL
CHALLENGES
BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES:
JUST A D-I PHENOMENON?
MOVING FORWARD
-What are the goals?
-Being intentional/deliberate
-The importance of assessment
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