The Assistant Athletic Director for Academic Services in conjunction with the Head Coaches determines the participation of student athletes in the above programs. Additional recommendations and information concerning the needs of particular student athletes come from Masters, Divisional Advisors and Faculty members. Describe other avenues available to student-athletes to provide input. The student-athletes have many avenues open to them to provide input on virtually any subject that becomes a concern. They can talk to coaches, college masters, faculty members, minority affairs office, the student-athlete committee.
Every effort is made to encourage dialogue.
Each interviews one athlete from each of the sports they administer, except for the football team, from which two athletes are interviewed. The Rice sub-committee on equity suggests that each graduating athlete be invited to participate in the written and oral exit interviews. It is unlikely that the number of athletes who graduate each year would be so great as to make this suggestion impractical. It seems to us that the increased input could only improve both the program and the attitudes of the athletes. Travel and per-diem are set by the university and are the same for male and female staff members and athletes.