2013 NCAA COnvention

Division I - Institutional Performance Program:  Focus on Data

The Institutional Performance Program (IPP) is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2014 for all active Division I members through a tiered data-collection process. The goals of the new program are to use cost-effective and technology-based means to assist member institutions in assessing their performance in five distinct areas – academics, finance, diversity, gender and student-athlete experience. The ultimate purpose of the IPP is to help institutions meet NCAA commitments to integrity in order to provide appropriate Division I student-athlete experiences. The new program will add value and aid in decision-making by chancellors and presidents when analyzing data in an easy-to-understand dashboard format. This interactive session will recap the history of the new program, provide rationale for data-collection components for each of the five areas, and present a comprehensive timeline for how and when data will be collected and distributed to institutions for analysis and review. Session speakers will provide valuable information regarding how IPP data can be used to assist in decision-making on campus to add value to the student-athlete experience.

Moderator: Troy Arthur, Director of Academic and Membership Affairs, NCAA 

Troy Arthur, a 13-year member of the NCAA staff, is responsible for the Division I athletics certification program.  Further, Arthur oversees low-resource institution initiatives.  In 2008, Arthur was director of diversity and inclusion, where he oversaw all programming.  Before returning to the NCAA, Arthur worked for Learfield Sports as general manager of its Black Coaches & Administrators Properties (BCAP).  In this capacity, Arthur developed the branding, emerging marketing strategy and revenue opportunities for the BCAP and Learfield Sports.  Arthur also developed a diversity program for Learfield Sports to increase the number of ethnic minorities and women at the company.

Arthur left the NCAA in 2006 after 10 years; he was associate director of championships.  Prior to working in championships, Arthur worked with the membership services staff.  Prior to joining the NCAA, Arthur worked for the Governor’s Partnership, a non-profit organization in Connecticut, which specialized in alcohol and other drug prevention as well as violence prevention at colleges and universities.  Troy earned his B.A. from Central Connecticut State University where he was a four-year starter and captain of the football team his senior year.  He has a M.A. in public policy from Trinity College.

Speakers:

David Clough, Professor and Faculty Athletics Representative, University of Colorado, Boulder

David Clough has been on the faculty at the University of Colorado since 1975 and has served as Colorado’s Faculty Athletics Representative since March 2005.  He is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado.  He served as associate dean for academic affairs of the College of Engineering and Applied Science there from 1986 through 1992.  The field of automation and control of chemical and related processes has been the focus of his research and professional career.  

Clough has been active in the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association as a member of the Executive Committee and is the current president of FARA.  In his time as FAR, Clough has established a reputation for his expertise in the NCAA’s Academic Performance Program and that program’s statistics that track the progress of student-athletes, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) and the Graduation Success Rate (GSR).  He has developed tracking and predictive tools that have been shared with over 100 NCAA institutions.

Clough received his bachelor’s degree from the Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) in 1968 and his master’s degree from Colorado in 1969, both in chemical engineering.  He worked as an engineer for E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., from 1969 to 1972 before returning to Colorado to earn his doctorate in 1975.

Mark Hollis, Director of Athletics, Michigan State University

A Michigan State graduate and veteran Spartan athletics administrator, Mark Hollis assumed the role of MSU’s 18th athletics director January 1, 2008. 

Hollis has more than 20 years of athletics administration experience, either at the school or conference level. His well-rounded background has led to his knowledge of all areas within an athletics department, including marketing, financial administration, television negotiations, fundraising, game operations, facility management, personnel policy, corporate interaction, sports management and public relations. 

A 1985 MSU graduate, Hollis returned to his alma mater in 1995. Since then, he has been a critical component of the athletics department executive management staff, helping guide the department through short- and long-range plans. In addition, Hollis is chair of the Division I Amateurism Cabinet, a member of the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball Issues Committee and a member of the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. 

Hollis earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Michigan State in 1985, where he served as a basketball team manager under Jud Heathcote. In 1992, he earned his MBA in business administration from the University of Colorado.

William Perry, President, Eastern Illinois University

William L. Perry began serving Eastern Illinois University as president on July 1, 2007, following 36 years of service to higher education in Texas.

Perry, who was born and raised in the Midwest, received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.  In his subsequent career at Texas A&M University, he proceeded through the tenured faculty ranks in mathematics, and then served in increasingly responsible administrative roles involving multiple areas of budget, personnel and planning for the university, academic affairs and facilities.  While at Texas A&M, he received recognition for his service in teaching and in administration.

As an undergraduate, Perry attended Park College in Parkville, Missouri, where he majored in mathematics and history, and played basketball.  In 1999, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Park.   

Perry serves on the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce Board, Coles Together Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. 

Abbie Renaker, Assistant Director of Academic and Membership Affairs, NCAA

Abbie Renaker joined the NCAA academic and membership affairs staff in 2007.  She currently holds the position of assistant director of academic and membership affairs and serves as a staff liaison to the Division I Committee on Institutional Performance and Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.  She also works with legislative relief waivers, student-athlete academic waivers, academic performance program penalty waivers and improvement plans, and interpretations.  Renaker also serves as a staff representative to the Division I Rules Working Group Bylaw 17 subcommittee and national coaches associations in the sports of soccer and bowling.  Renaker received her bachelor’s degree in sport administration with a secondary major in marketing from Ball State University and her master’s degree in sport management from West Virginia University.  While at Ball State, she was a member of the women’s soccer team for four years.  Prior to coming to the NCAA, Renaker worked in the compliance office at West Virginia University and as assistant athletics director for compliance and special assistant to the chancellor at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.  She enjoys coaching youth soccer in her spare time.