Clark University

As a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division III level, Clark University is committed to abiding by all NCAA Division III rules and regulations. The information below will help provide information and guide anyone with questions regarding NCAA compliance.It is the responsibility of the appropriate individuals to understand the below information and ASK if something is confusing. 

If you have questions about NCAA compliance, Clark's Athletic Compliance officers’ office contact information is found below. We encourage all of our student-athletes, coaches, administrators and supporters to always ask before you act.


Paperwork for Varsity Student-Athletes


Current Student-Athletes:

• Student-Athlete Handbook
• NCAA Division III Compliance Forms

Prospective Student-Athletes

• NCAA Guide for the College Bound Student-Athlete
• Information For Prospective Student-Athletes At Clark University

Alumni / Friends / Parents

• NCAA Compliance Do's and Don'ts

EADA Reporting

The Clark University Athletics Department submits its Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) report to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid annually. The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act requires co-educational institutions of postsecondary education that participate in a Title IV, federal student financial assistance program, and have an intercollegiate athletic program, to prepare an annual report to the Department of Education on athletic participation, staffing, and revenues and expenses, by men's and women's teams. The Department uses this information in preparing its required report to the Congress on gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. 

Find Clark University's annual EADA report information EADA Report

Please contact the Compliance Office with questions:
Kirsten Clark, Associate Director of Athletics
kiclark@clarku.edu



 

Alumni / Friends / Parents
A "representative of the institution's athletics interests" is an individual who is known (or should have been known) by a member of Clark's athletics administration to:

1. Have participated in or is a member of any organization promoting Clark's athletics program.

2. Have made financial contributions to the athletic department of Clark University.

3. Be assisting or have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes families.

4. Have been involved otherwise in promoting Clark's athletics program.

5. Be assisting or to have been requested (by Clark Athletic Department) to assist in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes.

Please remember: Once an athletic supporter always an athletic supporter and "ask before you act".

Do's and Don'ts Regarding Current Student-Athletes.

Student-athletes are permitted to receive many benefits as a result of their participation in intercollegiate athletics, including benefits that are available to students or the public generally and not tied in any way to the student-athlete's status as an athlete, as well as benefits that are expressly permitted by NCAA rules. As a representative of athletics interest

YOU MAY…

• Provide an occasional meal to a student-athlete or an entire team at any location in the locale of the institution. Meals must be restricted to infrequent and special occasions. Please consult with the Clark University Compliance office to determine what qualifies as "in the locale" and what constitutes "infrequent and special occasions."
• Provide local transportation to a student-athlete for the occasional meal.
• Pay for or provide a meal to a student-athlete or entire team outside of the locale of the institution as long as the meal is in conjunction with, or en route to or from, an away-from-home contest.
• Donate apparel or lodging to an institution, which the institution may, in turn, provide to a student-athlete or team. Items should not be given directly to student-athletes.

PLEASE DO NOT…

• Provide a current student-athlete, their parents or friends with any benefit or special arrangement without prior approval of the Clark University Compliance office.
• Provide, co-sign, or arrange a loan for a student-athlete, the student-athlete's parents, relatives or friends – no matter the amount.
• Pay for, arrange for payment of, or provide cost-free room, board, or transportation for a student-athlete or their family and friends.
• Provide or arrange for the provision of gifts or free or reduced-cost services of any kind (e.g., restaurant meals, summer storage space, use of laundry facilities, retail discounts, etc.) for a current student-athlete or his or her family members.
• Provide entertainment to student-athletes or their families.
• Provide any award (e.g., financial aid award, most valuable player award, etc.) to student-athletes which are not approved by the department of athletics or not provided through the /university.
• Provide tickets to professional sporting events.
• Make contact (e.g., in-person contact, telephone calls, electronic communication, written correspondence) with the student-athlete of another NCAA or National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) four-year collegiate institution about transferring.

Do's and Don'ts Regarding Recruitment and Prospective Student-Athletes.

Although recruitment of prospects is reserved for authorized university staff members,

YOU MAY …

• Forward information (e.g., internet postings, telephone calls to coaching staff members, etc.) about a prospect to coaching staff members.
• Attend high school, prep school, club events and two-year college athletics events at your own initiative (i.e., not at the direction of a university staff member) provided you do not have contact with the prospect or his/her parents, guardians, relatives, high school/American Athletic Union (AAU) coach, guidance counselor, etc. unless permissible through NCAA recruiting legislation.
• Continue established relationships with friends and neighbors. Contacts with these individuals should not be for recruiting purposes. Any benefits provided should be similar in nature to benefits provided prior to the individual entering ninth grade.

PLEASE DO NOT…

• Directly or indirectly make any arrangement for a prospect to receive cash, financial aid of any kind, or loans of any kind (including signing or co-signing for a loan).
• Provide, arrange for or pay for any type of transportation to any location for a prospect.
• Provide a prospect with any cost-free or discounted gifts or services, including tickets to a home or away event, and payment of camp registration fees.
• Provide or arrange employment for a prospect or a prospect's relatives or friends.
• Provide gifts of clothing or equipment, or any tangible item including merchandise.
• Provide free or reduced-cost services, rentals or purchase of any type or free or reduced-cost housing. · Finance or arrange the use of recruiting aids to publicize the institutions interest in a particular prospect.
• Contact a student from another institution to encourage them to transfer.
• Provide anything to a prospect without prior approval from the Clark University Compliance office.