Photo by Mike Yoder
At far right, from left, Allison Babbit, 5, her sister Katie, 8, and their father, Kevin Babbit, Lawrence, are framed by rowing shells as they pass through a rowing shells bay on the lower floor the new Kansas Rowing boathouse during an open house Saturday at Burcham Park. The facility totals more than 16,000 square feet.
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Appendix 55, Olympic Village Master Plan
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Appendix 56, Kansas Awards
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NCAA Certification Report Appendicies
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NCAA Division I Athletic Cert_Self-Study Web Version
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Appendix 2, KA, Inc., Articles of Incorp and Bylaws
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Appendix 3, Appt Letters, KA, Inc., Board and F.A.R
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Appendix 4, Kansas Athletics Strategic Plan, 2006 - 2011
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Appendix 5, KU and KA, Inc., Affiliation Agreement
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Appendix 6, NCAA Findings, Infractions Case Nbr M241, 2006
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Appendix 7, KAI Policy Manual
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Appendix 8, 2008-2009 Coaches Compliance Handbook
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Appendix 9, SenEx Policy, Men's Basketball Tickets for Faculty and Staff
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Appendix 10, University Senate Code
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Appendix 11, External Support Groups - policy for handling booster groups
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Appendix 12, Guide to Instit. and Non-Instit. Sports Camps and Clinics
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Appendix 13, A Code of Ethical Conduct, Coaches, Support Staff, Administrators
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Appendix 14, Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations
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Appendix 15, Policy and Proc. Guide to Athletic Certification at KU (
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Appendix 16, Compliance Supplement to Annual Salary Notif., Posit Descrip. or Contract
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Appendix 17, Original Plan (from NCAA 2000 Self-Study) (
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Appendix 18, Report and Recommendations from 2000-2001 Committee (Roscoe Howard)
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Appendix 18A, Prelim Report on Football Program
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Appendix 18B, Football Tutoring Breakdown by Semester
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Appendix 18C, Graduation Rate Data Comparison
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Appendix 19, Minutes from KUAC Board 1999-2000
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Appendix 19A, Minutes from KUAC Board 2000-2001
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Appendix 19B, Minutes from KUAC Board 2001-2002
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Appendix 19C, Minutes from KUAC Board 2002-2003
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Appendix 19E, Minutes from KUAC Board 2004-2005
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Appendix 19F, Minutes from KUAC Board 2005-2006
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Appendix 19G, Minutes from KUAC Board 2006-2007
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Appendix 19H, Minutes from KUAC Board 2007-2008
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Appendix 20, Comprehensive Program Review, 2008
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Appendix 21, Baseball Improvement Plan
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Appendix 22, Women's Basketball Improvement Plan
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Appendix 23, Football Improvement Plan
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Appendix 23A, Football Improvement Plan, Questionnaire
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Appendix 24, Track and Field Improvement Plan
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Appendix 25, Admissions Chart for Special Admits
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Appendix 26, Academic Progress Rate Report (APR) 2007-2008
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Appendix 27, APR Summary Report for Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, and Football
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Appendix 28, University Policy on Exams
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Appendix 29, Sports Scheduling Policy
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Appendix 30, Exceptions (Class Days Missed)
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Appendix 31, Student Athlete Handbook
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Appendix 32, Tutoring Program Handbook
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Appendix 33, KU Referral Guide 2008-2009
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Appendix 34, PRE 210 Syllabus
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Appendix 35, Library Skills Course
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Appendix 36, Life Skills Course
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Appendix 37, Action Plan for Program Review
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Appendix 38, Gender Equity Plan 2000
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Appendix 39, Matrix, Interface Btwn Gender Equity Plan 2000 and Strategic Plan 2006-2011
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Appendix 40, 2004 Independent Report on Title IX
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Appendix 41, Compliance Plan for Title IX
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Appendix 42, Annual Independent Reviews of Title IX 2005-2008
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Appendix 43, Breakdown of Tutoring Use by Sport and Gender
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Appendix 44, Facilities Master Plan
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Appendix 45, Exit Survey Information
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Appendix 46, SAAC Agendas 2007-2008
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Appendix 47, KU Submission to Div 1A CHAMPS Program of Excellence
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Appendix 48, Findings, Survey of Year 1 and Year 3 Student-Athletes
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Appendix 49, Analysis of Progress on Gender Equity Plan (response to SS No. 8)
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Appendix 50, Annual Report for KU Athletics 2007-2008
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Appendix 51, 2009-2014 Independent Review of Gender Equity Plan (response to SS No. 9)
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Appendix 52, Kansas Athletics Leadership Team Titles
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Appendix 53, Analysis of Budgets vs. Expenses
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Appendix 54, Matrix, Intersect of 17 NCAA Program Areas with Strategic Plan
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Appendix 57, Ethnic Minority Opportunity Plan 2000
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Appendix 58, Interface, Ethnic Minority Plan 2000 and Strategic Plan 2006-2011
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Appendix 59, Summary, University Diversity Statements, Organizations, and Resources
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Appendix 60, Summary, University Diversity Policies and Procedures
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Appendix 61, Chart, Racial or Ethnic Composition of Personnel
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Appendix 62, Chart, Racial or Ethnic Composition of All Students
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Appendix 63, Chart, Ethnic Comp of Student-Athletes by Sport
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Appendix 64, Nine Program Areas for Diversity Issues
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Appendix 65, Diversity Issues Plan 2009-2014
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Appendix 1, Smrt Report, The Compliance Group 2008
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NCAA Certification Self-Study, complete version
The Kansas University Athletics Department is undertaking several facility improvements after external reports showed the university’s men’s and women’s facilities were unequal.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletic director, said the university annually undergoes an external review for Title IX issues related to gender equity in all facets of its program.
The consultant, Lamar Daniel Inc., identified areas in which the university was doing well, such as in participation and coaching support, among others, Marchiony said.
“The one area that we need to focus on is facilities,” he said.
The external gender equity report from 2007-08 called facilities “the biggest problem facing the athletic program because they were neglected by the previous athletic administrations.”
It goes on to say that the current administration is helping to address the problem by developing and implementing a facilities master plan and making improvements to facilities.
As pointed out in KU’s recently-released internal study required by the NCAA, the university needs to make upgrades to bring women’s facilities into comparable status.
The university is already headed down that road, Marchiony said, with an opening this year of a new, much-needed boathouse for women’s rowing, and other renovations in the works.
A planned Olympic Village south of Anschutz Pavilion includes many improvements for women’s sports, including softball improvements totaling $1.1 million, with improvements for grandstand seating for 1,200 people and a press box.
The outside consultant’s 2007-08 report states that grandstand, concession areas and restrooms were needed for the softball program.
“The softball facility should be of equal quality as the baseball facility but on a smaller scale,” the report reads, going on to say the softball stadium should have the same amenities found at the baseball park.
Soccer is also targeted for needed improvements — a new soccer competition field, scoreboard and grandstand seating for 2,500 is planned at the Olympic Village, at an estimated cost of $4.5 million, with an additional $2 million dedicated for a separate soccer practice field.
Marchiony said private fundraising is ongoing to pay for the improvements.
The internal study for the NCAA references separate plans to upgrade Horesji Family Athletic Center to allow for 2,000 seats in the volleyball stadium so that the facility can host NCAA tournament games.
The university is Title IX compliant, but that doesn’t mean that improvements still can’t be made to women’s facilities, Marchiony said.
“We just have to make sure that we don’t treat our women’s programs like second-class citizens,” he said. “We want to treat them in a first-class manner.”
Comments
JuliansWright 11 years, 11 months ago
Programs that make money should get the nicer facilities. (e.g. Men's Basketball and Football) Title IX is a joke.
Code_2008 11 years, 11 months ago
Title IX is the only thing keeping a lot of sports (aside from Football and Basketball) alive. I don't think its a joke.
jhawk23 11 years, 11 months ago
How about addressing the inequality of the number of non-revenue producing sports for men?
Men's tennis, swimming, and diving were dropped less than a decade ago supposedly because the athletic department couldn't "afford" them any more. Isn't it time we took a look at "affording" them again?
jakzhumans 11 years, 11 months ago
I'd have zero problems with Title IX if they excluded football from the equation. Football skews the picture incredibly, and the sheer volume of scholarships involved virtually mandates the elimination of other men's sports. Take it out of the equation, then make everything else equal. As it stands now, KU can never field a men's tennis, swimming, diving or wrestling team, or have an all-scholarship baseball team, unless they also start adding an equal number of scholarships in women's sports that there is no demand for in this part of the country, like lacrosse or hockey. Like so many things involving the NCAA, Title IX is a well-intentioned rule that should have been executed better.
JayViking 11 years, 11 months ago
jhawk23 and jakz hit the nail on the head.
sevenyearhawk 11 years, 11 months ago
Women's basketball could sustain itself if fans would start showing up ...
the program has come a long way, but still has a ways to go.
If Iowa State can average 10,000 a game for women's hoops, there's no reason that Kansas couldn't average at least 8,000.
The baseball program is headed in the right direction as well ... and could also benefit from a bump in attendance.
jayhawk2062 11 years, 11 months ago
If the women's program won like the men's program then there would be a larger attendance number.
When our women's team gets to 20 wins and NCAA's regularly then I could see attendance going up in the 5,000 to 7,000 per game range. It is doable. Just that extra revenue alone would probably cover the women's budget. Instead of losing money on the program.
Migady 11 years, 11 months ago
The thing is 7 year, how do you find a consistent 8,000 Fans to attend Women's Basketball. They might be headed in the right direction, that doesn't drive fans... Being interested in the sport is what drives.
Fact is a lot of the collegiate sports do not make money. There are 3 women’s basketball programs in the whole country that actually turn a profit. Most men's sports don't make money either. They way to look at Title IX is it sucks for Men. It was only created because women felt they weren’t being treated fairly (Weird?) but at this point it is a fixture in collegiate sports and won't go away or be changed.
At the end of the day, College athletic programs have a budget to run as many programs as they want to (Profit not in mind). Title IX just forced Men's programs to be lost, because once in place there wasn't enough money in the bucket to keep all men's sports going. So essentially the women just took the former men’s funding/scholarships... In being "fair"
Your government at work for you. Change and Hope.
Code_2008 11 years, 11 months ago
If Title IX is solely about Scholarships, then bring the teams back! Who said you needed scholarship athletes to have a good team? Bring the men's swim team back, I'll join! I'm not excellent (as in state champion quality), but I have brought several medals home in 5-6A swim meets.
indianajayhawk 11 years, 11 months ago
unfortunately its not just about scholarships with Title IX. It is about "participation opportunities" which has led to several schools being forced to cap men's teams because they have too many walk-ons for the men that they cannot equal for women.
Having competed for a non-scholarship team in a scholarship conference, attracting the depth necessary to have an even-halfway competitive team is very difficult (and often impossible if there is not already a tradition of winning in place). That being said, however, its always worth a try. Can't be worse than the current situation
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