MEETING DATE: September
20, 2007
PERSON PRESIDING: Mike
Felts
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: R.
Kulesher, C. Christian, M. Felts, S. Ajose, A. Rodriquez, M. Moore
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: D.
Dosser, B. Myrick, A. Bunch, N. Mize, N. Floyd, N. Boyce, R. Thompson
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: G.
Overton, T. Metcalf, T. Holland
Agenda Item: Introduction of Attendees
Action Taken: Mike Felts welcomed everyone to the meeting,
discussed the agenda and had everyone introduce themselves
Agenda Item: Report
from David Dosser
Action Taken David reported on the
NCAA Academic/Eligibility/Compliance
Cabinet meeting he attended over
the summer. He noted that this committee
was going to be reorganized and was unsure what the new organization would look
like, but felt like it would include more individuals than in its current
make-up. He provided three handouts that
were discussed. (Academic Integrity Subcommittee report, 2006-2007 Academic
Rankings of Squads in Conference
Agenda Item: Report of
Athletics Director
Action Taken: Terry Holland and Nick
Floyd reported on the state of the ECU athletics department. They reported on women’s program’s facilities,
academic performance of athletic teams, specifically the programs that were
deficient in the APR (Men’s Tennis, Men’s Basketball, Softball and Men’s
football). The issue of missed class
time was addressed and it was pointed out that basketball will miss only 5-6
classes (not days) on average per player and this is a tremendous improvement
from 8-10 days in the past. Nick also
provided the committee with a financial update.
Agenda Item: Academic Progress Rate Report (APR)
Action Taken: Rosie Thompson educated
the committee on the APR calculation, what it entails and the strengths and
weaknesses of the measurement. The APR was established by the NCAA to
monitor eligibility, retention and graduation rates of Universities’
student-athletes receiving athletics financial aid and covers a 4 year window. This window can make it difficult to improve
on rates over the short haul. It was
noted that G. Overton has been assigned to assist Rosie with APR monitoring.
Agenda Item: Academic Recovery Plan
Action Taken Nita Boyce presented the academic recovery plans
for the four teams with unsatisfactory APR scores
Agenda Item: Knight Commission
Action Taken: Mike Felts discussed the working of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. He noted an upcoming webcast that members may want to watch as the finding from a recent study on reforming intercollegiate athletics will be presented on October 14th.
Agenda Item: Recognition of Student Athletes at Graduation
Action Taken: Mike Felts presented a proposal from the student athlete advisory
committee regarding University recognition of graduating student athletes. Several ideas were discussed from wearing academic cords to including a notation on the graduation ceremony program. The issue is to be discussed at the next meeting.
Agenda Item: Academic Integrity Subcommittee convened after the
end of the regular meeting.
Action Taken: Nita Boyce presented the Academic Integrity Subcommittee the
grade reports for all teams and team members. The committee
reviewed the reports and did not note any special concerns as reports were accepted.
Next Meeting: October
18, 2007
Submitted by: Cal Christian