The Faculty Athletics Committee Update
Friday, April 26 2013
FAC Meeting with SAAC
(Student Athlete Advisory Council)
• March 27th meeting with SAAC
• FAC members held small group discussions
– Receiving a top quality education
– Would recommend UNC to others
– Suggestions for improvement in processes for
academics/advising/communication
April - Academics
- Reviewed the Academic Support Program for
Student Athletes, a document providing titles,
credentials, and duties of ASPSA staff.
-Reviewed majors of student athletes from Fall
2010 through Spring 2013 as well as course
enrollment data for Spring 2013.
-Preliminary analysis - no clustering issues of majors of SA
over the last three years; no clustering issues of student
athletes in spring semester courses.
Majors – 800 students total; 616 with
declared majors
Spring 2013
Undecided
184
Exercise and Sport Science
134
21.75%
Business Administration
81
13.15%
Communication Studies
74
12.01%
Journalism & Mass Comm
32
5.19%
Economics
24
3.90%
Biology (BS)
19
3.08%
Management and Society
19
3.08%
History
18
2.92%
Of declared majors – 47% in 3 majors; remaining 53% are spread over more than 50 majors
Top Majors
in the College of Arts & Sciences
Fall 2012
Psychology
1108
Biology
1099
Economics
700
Exercise & Sport Sciences
592
546
Political Science
Global Studies
457
447
Comm Studies
411
History
397
English
Chemistry
357
Sociology
334
300
Romance Languages
0
200
400
Fall 2012
600
800
1000
1200
Spring 2012
Upperclassmen Majors (239
students)
Academic
Plan
Junior Majors (116)
CountOfAcademic
Plan
Academic
Plan
Senior Majors (123)
CountOfAcademic
Plan
Academic
Plan
CountOfAcademic
Plan
BAEXSS
62 25.94% BAEXSS
36 31.03% BAEXSS
26 21.14%
BACOMM
46 19.25% BACOMM
25 21.55% BACOMM
21 17.07%
BSBA
20 8.37% BAMNGT
10 8.62% BSBA
12 9.76%
BAJOMC
19 7.95% BAJOMC
8 6.90% BAJOMC
11 8.94%
BAMNGT
14 5.86% BSBA
8 6.90% BAPSYA
7 5.69%
BAPSYA
11 4.60% BAECON
4 3.45% BAHIST
6 4.88%
BAHIST
10 4.18% BAHIST
4 3.45% BAENGL
5 4.07%
By sports team – Spring 2012
Football Major Clusters (29
students)
Academic
Plan
BAEXSS
Women's Basketball Major Clusters
(7)
Men's Basketball Major Clusters (8)
CountOfAcademic
Plan
Academic
Plan
14 48.28% BACOMM
CountOfAcademic
Plan
Academic
Plan
CountOfAcademic
Plan
4 50.00% BACOMM
3 42.86%
BACOMM
7 24.14% BSBA
2 25.00% BAPSYA
1 14.29%
BAMNGT
3 10.34% BAHIST
1 12.50% BAPOLI
1 14.29%
BSBA
1 3.45% BAEXSS
1 12.50% BAEXSS
1 14.29%
BSAPPL
1 3.45%
8
1 14.29%
BAPOLI
1 3.45%
BAHIST
1 3.45%
BAAFAM
1 3.45%
29
BABIOA
7
April – Academics and Operations
• Currently reviewing team competition
schedules and compiling data regarding
classes missed
• Further analysis of academic trends
• Presentation by Martina Ballen, Senior
Associate Athletic Director, Business Office
Year in Review
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Student Athlete Experience
Admissions
Advising
Academics
Operations
(Policies and Procedures)
Year in Review
Understand the current environment
to determine information and perspectives
needed for
**informed decision-making
**policy-setting
**philosophical guideline development
May
Wrap it up –
Where are we now?
Pull it together – Are there gaps in where we are
and where we want to be and
what we know?
Move it forward –What are the next steps for
clearly establishing and communicating
our University philosophy for the bonding
of athletics and academics in sync with our
mission and values?
Thank you to dedicated,
broad-minded, candid,
intellectual, fair-minded,
student-centered, respectful,
committee members!