Academics, Athletics, Faculty Athletics Committee

Hunter Rawlings Panel Discussion

Perspective on Bonding of Academics

and Athletics(At UNC and Beyond)

Creating a Just Culture

“People make errors, which lead to accidents. Accidents lead to deaths. The standard solution is to blame the people involved. If we find out who made the errors and punish them, we solve the problem, right?

Don NormanAuthor, the Design of Everyday Things

Wrong. The problem is seldom the fault of an individual; it is the fault of the system. Change the people without changing the system and the problems will continue.”

Don NormanAuthor, the Design of Everyday Things

HUMAN ERROR - Inadvertent ActionManage: Changes in Process/Procedure/Training/Design

AT RISK BEHAVIOR - Unintentional Risk Taking

Manage: Remove incentives for at-risk behaviors/Create incentives for healthy behaviors/Increase situational awareness

RECKLESS BEHAVIOR - Intentional Risk Taking

Manage: Remedial action/Punitive actionD. Marx. Patient Safety

and the Just Culture, 2001

FAIR AND JUST CULTURE

• What are the rules/expectations?• Does everyone know them?• How do we differentiate an individual with a

problem vs a good person set-up to fail in the system?

• Critical to have one set of rules and avoid work-arounds

Important• To understand the scope of the issues and all the

implications, ramifications, potential unintended outcomes, and collateral damage and to create a climate that fosters trust

• To encourage and be willing to report errors and incidents, near misses or “good catches”

• To provide fair-minded treatment, create effective structures that help people reveal errors or

deviations from approved and accepted practice and help the University learn

In a just culture…

• Resist the urge to say “no harm, no foul” and treat a risky choice/decision/action as a precursor to a bad outcome

• Prevention in a just culture - “is not” about expecting perfection- “is” about understanding limitations and working

to improve both our choices and the system around us

2012-2013 Faculty Athletics Committee

Effectiveness• Clear understanding of purpose• Support – information, guidance, policy• Time and effort availability

Charge: advise the Chancellor and inform our academic community

1) monitor existing systems and policies and organization related to academics

2) review present and past academic outcomes and trends

3) seek out Best Practice information from our academic peers to guide our refinement of the UNC connection of academics and athletics**

4) provide input to new systems and policies to strengthen the UNC experience for our students participating in athletics UNC experience.**

Committee Member Contributions• Perspective as a faculty member at UNC; an

understanding of the academic expectations and the mission of the University

• “Content” expert on an assigned topic /issue• Perspective of the athletes and coaches from their

assigned teams Allow us to review comprehensively and to reflect openly on information shared and directions chosen.

Topics to monitor, review, and strengthen:

• Admissions – from recruiting through matriculation• Academics – majors/courses/progress toward

degree/registrations• Advising and student success– student support

programs – existing and needed• Student Athlete experience – surveys/focus groups/

other information gathering to base decisions on improving and strengthening the UNC experience for our students who participate in athletics

Topics to monitor, review, and strengthen:

• Policies and Procedures – review of P&P from around the campus related to athletics and work on development of any new P&P needed to fortify existing systems or establish new ones**

• Administration and Operations – personnel, hirings, responsibilities, funding, principles

Conversations, Input, Discussions

Connections – between many groups/committees/ offices related to athletics

Understanding – interrelationship of concerns and issues and successes

Informed discussion – FAC process

Latest COIA Report (March 2013)(Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics)

• Increased faculty engagement in athletics governance

• Potential NCAA deregulation to principle-based structure

• Suggestions for a SAR (Senate Athletics Representative) and AIG (Academic Integrity Group)

UNC – ahead of the proposal

• FAC – serves as a connection with Faculty Council (SAR component – Chair of FAC)

• FAC members assigned specific area to monitor and review in depth for review by the full committee (AIG component)

• Full faculty engagement as NCAA “evolves” to insure our campus remains true to its identified philosophy regarding athletics

Wrap it up – Where are we now?Pull it together – Are there gaps in where we are

and where we want to be?

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?