Comprehensive Integrity Assessment

Presenting Circumstances

• Senior institutional officer desires comprehensive review of athletics department policies and systems to ensure best practices; and/or

• Athletics department is confronting any of the following challenges:

  • allegation or finding of non-compliance with governance association rules

  • litigation or complaints related to athletics department practices or coach behavior

  • auditor or senior management concerns with the integrity of administrative systems

  • low retention and/or graduation rates

Overview of Consultant Deliverables

• Review of all written athletics department policies and procedures for conformance with best practices

• Review of all personnel systems: hiring, orientation, training, evaluation and professional development of employees for the purpose of assessing diversity and conformance with best practices 

• Work with senior staff to develop survey to sample staff, student-athletes and other stakeholders to gather data concerning the current status of operating systems, diversity within the organization and the identification of organizational concerns

• For NCAA Division I institutions, guide staff through full preparation for NCAA Division I certification

• For non-NCAA Division I institutions, guide staff through the following self-assessments:

  • a full Title IX self-evaluation and review of gender equity plans

  • minority issues and student-athlete well-being

  • academic integrity assessment including review of academic support programs

  • review of governance and rules compliance systems

• Work with senior staff to create reports that allow the athletics director to regularly review critical indicators related to all integrity issues:  academic integrity, gender equity, personnel diversity and other minority issues, rules compliance and student-athlete well-being.

• Based on the policies and procedures review, an analysis of interviews, survey and other data provided by the organization, recommendations will be developed for:

  • policy and/or procedure revisions

  • staff reorganization and/or additions

  • programmatic and/or operating system changes

  • educational interventions

• Formal presentation, upon request, of results to athletics staff, faculty oversight body and/or executive officers of institution