How may HBCUs fulfill requirements for minority-issues plans?
The committee agreed that HBCUs may fulfill requirements for minority-issues plans by referencing current programs for black student-athletes and staff, provided a mechanism for evaluation of each of the minority-issues program areas is addressed and all required plan elements are included.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?A: The committee has agreed that institutional grievance procedures for students generally would be accepted as partial completion of this requirement of the operating principle, provided the procedures are available to all student-athletes. However, an institution’s athletics department will need to supplement institutional procedures with procedures for athletics-specific grievances. Further, all grievance procedures must be documented and clearly communicated (e.g., published in the athletics d
