MEMORANDUM

December 20, 2006

TO: NCAA Executive Committee.

FROM: Bernard W. Franklin

Senior Vice President for Governance, Membership, Education and
Research Services

Liaison to the Executive Committee.

SUBJECT: NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee.

The Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee (DLSPC) was charged to identify strategies and recommendations that will enable the NCAA to foster the diversity of student-athletes, promote a climate of inclusion within intercollegiate athletics, enhance equitable career opportunities for under represented athletics administrators, coaches and officials, and strengthen the support, integration and promotion of women?s sports within intercollegiate athletics.

The work of this committee has been completed, and a report prepared that details two types of recommendations: (a) programmatic and (b) governance/legislative. Programmatic recommendations are those that may be implemented by the national NCAA office, conference offices and member colleges and universities with the collective leadership from presidents, chancellors, governing board members, directors of athletics and coaches. Governance/legislative recommendations are concepts that will need to be well-vetted through NCAA processes, deliberated within NCAA governing board structures, and presented to constituents for consideration and input.

The NCAA Executive Committee is being asked to formally charge the Executive Committee Subcommittee on Gender and Diversity Issues to coordinate a review process for implementing the recommendations as set forth in the report from the DLSPC.

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