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Calling for a watchdog; UW audit eyes monitoring of academic performance
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The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents should consider
adopting a policy in which the contracts of all athletic directors
and coaches include a clause that addresses the need to monitor
athletes' academic performance, a new UW audit concludes.
Such a clause "could be one way to further emphasize the role of
athletic directors and coaches in monitoring and assuring the
academic achievement of student-athletes and could assure that
student-athlete academic achievement is considered consistently by
Division I and II institutions," the audit notes.
The audit, conducted by UW's office of ...
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