Charge:
- Provide periodic advice and counsel to university leaders on issues related to college athletics
- Assist with designing and refining policies at the intersection of academic and athletic concerns
- Assist with establishment of policies and guidelines to facilitate student-athlete recruitment and integration into the university community
- Monitor and review trends in student-athlete academic issues (i.e., majors, course clustering, graduation rates, retention, faculty advisors)
- Assess services linked to academic issues that are provided to student-athletes (i.e. tutoring program, mental health and wellness)
2020-2021 Committee Members
Tracey George (chair), faculty athletics representative, Charles B. Cox III and Lucy D. Cox Family Chair in Law and Liberty
Candice Storey Lee, vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director
Elizabeth Christin Essin, associate professor of theatre
Nicole Cobb, associate professor of the practice of human & organizational development
Juan Floyd-Thomas, research associate professor of African American religious history
Pamela Jeffries, Dean and Valere Potter Distinguished Chair in Nursing
Julie Johnson, professor of the practice of computer science
Bunmi Olatunji, associate provost for graduate education and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology
Ransford Pinto, lecturer of leadership, policy, and organizations
Paige Skiba, professor of law (on leave in fall 2022)
Gilman Whiting, associate professor of African American and diaspora studies
Alan Wiseman, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Political Science