The NCAA has taken a step toward ensuring every member institution is active in its understanding of sexual violence on college campuses.
Its board of governors Thursday that requires school presidents, athletic directors and Title IX coordinators to attest annually that their program’s student athletes, coaches and administrators have been educated in sexual-violence prevention.
Each campus must prove it is “compliant with institutional policies and processes regarding sexual violence prevention and proper adjudication and resolution of acts of sexual violence.” Schools must also ensure their policies, including the name/contact information of the campus Title IX coordinator, are “readily available in the athletics department and are distributed to student-athletes.”
Schools that do not comply with the measure will be made known to the public, while schools that do comply will be included in the NCAA’s annual report to the board of governors and published on ncaa.org.
The new policy was recommended by the NCAA’s Commission to Combat Sexual Violence — a 26-member group composed of university administrators, athletic directors, administrators and others — that includes rape survivor and human rights activist Brenda Tracy.
Tracy visited the University of Colorado campus last month to discuss the issue of sexual violence on campus as part of the school’s effort to move forward after its
“We want to be a leader in this space,” “We learned a lot from (Tracy).”