EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
FUTURE
OF DIVISION III FOCUS GROUPS SELECTION PROCESS
The following parameters
were used to select participants and form each focus
group:
1. A maximum of one person per conference was selected to
participate, regardless
of the number of people nominated per conference (39 conferences had nominees). Representatives from
12 independent schools also were selected,
consistent with the percentage of independent schools in Division III.
2. All participants are from member
campuses. Conference commissioners will have the opportunity
to engage in similar discussions during their meeting at the NCAA office in June.
3. The preliminary goal was to select a
maximum of 48 total people, 12 persons in each focus group (at least
one person per category, CEO, AD, SWA, FAR, in each focus group).
4. Balancing gender, administrative position and geography were goals in the formation of each
focus group.
5. Individuals were selected in the following order to
establish the focus groups (132 total nominees with a total of 46 placed
into groups).
a.
Placed nine
CEOs first (12 total nominees)
b.
Placed six
FARs (11 total nominees)
c.
Placed
four SWAs (9 nominees)
d.
Placed
27 ADs (76 nominees)
e.
Placed
seven independents (12 nominees)
6. Overall
representation in the four focus groups includes 39
conferences and 12 independents; each group includes the
following representation:
Group 1 = 12 total (seven males and five females ? three CEOs, one SWA,
one FAR and seven ADs). In-person (Indianapolis) April 22 (p.m.).
Group 2 = 12 total (eight males and four females ? three CEOs, one
SWA, two FARs, and six ADs). In-person (Indianapolis) April 23 (a.m.).
Group
3 = 12 total (six males and six females ? two CEOs, one SWA, one FAR and eight
ADs). In-person (Indianapolis)
April 23 (p.m.).
Group 4 = 10 Total (six males and four females ? one CEO, one SWA, two
FARs and six ADs). Telephone focus
group (April
17, 11 a.m.).
II. Nominees
|
CONFERENCE |
AD |
CEO |
FAR |
SWA |
COMM |
OTHER |
TOTAL
|
|
Allegheny
Mountain Collegiate Conference |
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
American
Southwest Conference |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
4 |
|
Atlantic
Women's Colleges Conference |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
Capital
Athletic Conference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Centennial
Conference |
4 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
7 |
|
City
University of New York Athletic Conference |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
College
Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
Commonwealth
Coast Conference |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Dixie
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Eastern
College Athletic Conference-III |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
Empire 8 |
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Great
Northeast Athletic Conference |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
Heartland
Collegiate Athletic Conference |
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
Iowa
Intercol. Athletic Conf. |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
Lake
Michigan Conference |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Little
East Conference |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Massachusetts
State College Athletic Conference |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Michigan
Intercol. Ath. Assn. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Middle
Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conf. |
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
Midwest
Conference |
|
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
4 |
|
Minnesota
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
New
England Small College Athletic Conference |
2 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
|
New
England Women's & Men's Athletics Conf. |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
4 |
|
New
Jersey Athletic Conference |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
N.
Y. State Women's Collegiate Athletic
Assoc. |
|
|
|
|