Should an institution set specific hiring targets in its plan(s) for improvement?
Operating Principles 4.1-(c) and 4.2-(c) require an institution to maintain a program, or continue progress toward a program, which is equitable for both genders and expands opportunities and support for minority student-athletes and athletics personnel. Within gender-equity and minority-issues written plans, specific number targets may place an institution at legal risk and are not expected, nor should they be included, in an institution’s written plan in either area. If an institution already has submitted a plan to the committee that includes specific hiring numbers, the committee will not hold the institution accountable for achieving those specific numerical targets. Rather, the committee advises institutions to submit plans that have broad, flexible, non-numeric hiring goals. Q: Is an athletics department required to have grievance procedures specifically for student-athletes or are institutional grievance procedures for all students acceptable in meeting Operating Principle 4.3?
