A health and safety survey that first launched in Division I and recently was adopted formally by Division II may be coming soon to Division III.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point did not monitor its men’s basketball program when the coaching staff directed, observed and engaged in activities outside the playing season

Jackie Joyner was a promising young basketball player and track and field star when she chose a college that was 2,000 miles from home — and a world away.

Division III members gathered Friday to discuss topics that will shape the division’s present and future.

The NCAA Board of Governors voted Wednesday to endorse a pilot coaches’ credentialing program. The Association will collaborate with the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to enhance coaches’ education and professional development on a variety of topics. The basketball pilot will inform potential efforts to extend the credentialing program to other sports.

Division III’s policies, procedures and formal correspondence will now be gender neutral. It’s the first NCAA division to adopt that policy.