REPORT OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III FINANCIAL
AID AUDIT TASK FORCE
1. ACTION ITEM.
Division III Task
Force Charge and Timeline.
a.
Recommendation. Approve the amended charge and timeline
of the Division III Financial Aid Audit Task Force.
Charge. Continue to pursue the development of a financial aid audit process and related legislation for consideration at the 2003 Convention. Consider all previous information, including the 2001 pilot results and input from the Financial Aid and Awards Committee, the Presidents Council and the Management Council and financial aid aministrators. The focus of the proposed audit process will include:
(1) Audit scope/size/frequency.
(2) Acceptable variance between aid for student-athletes and nonstudent-athletes.
(3) Auditor (external/internal); frequency.
(4) Random committee review.
(5) Cost.
(6) Enforcement
process.
Timeline. The task force conducted its first conference call December 20, 2001, and will conduct one additional call (April or June) and two in-person meetings (February and May).
December 20, 2001 Conference call to discuss charge; timetable and 2002 Convention discussion session.
January
14, 2002 Convention
financial aid discussion session.
........ February
2002...... In-person
meeting. (Indianapolis)
April 2002 Conference call to prepare DRAFT report for NCAA Division III Management and Presidents Council meetings and Financial Aid and Awards Committee.
May
2002 In-person
meeting. (Indianapolis or airport
hub)
June 17-18, 2002 Probable
National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) discussion
session. (Possible appearance by task force members who are athletics administrators
and already intend to attend NACDA)
July 21-24, 2002 Probable
discussion with Financial Aid Administrators Association (NASFAA)
July 22-23, 2002 Recommendation
to Management and Presidents Council for sponsorship of legislation.
August-December
2002 Work as
necessary based on actions of Management and
Presidents
Councils.
January
2003 Convention
discussion session and legislative vote.
b. Rationale. The task force was appointed to develop
an audit model that will replace the former financial aid monitoring mechanism
that was eliminated at the 2001 NCAA Convention with the adoption of Proposal
Nos. 46, 46-1 and 46-2.
c. Budget Impact. $30,000 to $35,000 (governance budget).
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEM.
a. Task force
composition. The following individuals have
been appointed to serve on the Division III Financial Aid Audit Task Force:
Susan Bassett, director of women’s athletics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Paul
Boyer, director of financial aid, Williams College
Linda
Case, director of athletics, State University College at Brockport
Marian
Conrad, director of financial aid, Kalamazoo College
Daniel
DiBiasio, president, Wilmington College
William
Eng, director of athletics, Bernard M. Baruch College
Muriel
Howard, president, State College at Buffalo
Karen
Johnson, director of institutional research, Alfred University
Marcia
Kierscht, president, Stephens Institute of Technology
Kevin
LaGree, president, Simpson College, chair
Michael
McPherson, president, Macalester College
Dan
Preston, dean of enrollment management, Linfield College
John Roush, president, Centre College
Ellen Shilkret, associate director of
financial aid, Vassar College
Bette Landman, president, Arcadia
University, ex officio
Christopher Walker, professor of
communicative disorders, University of Redlands,
ex officio
b. Chair. Kevin LaGree, president, Simpson College, agreed to
serve as chair.
c. Communication. The task force recommended:
(1) The creation of an NCAA Web site link to
post its work.
(2) A letter be sent to all financial aid
officers following the 2002 Convention to update the status of the Division III
financial aid audit legislation and the task force charge and timeline.
(3) Involvement of a research staff member with
the task force.