The university’s objectives for the NCAA athletics certification self-study are:

• To promote awareness across campus about how the athletics program supports the institution’s overall mission.
  
  
• To provide the university with an opportunity to study in a comprehensive manner the way in which the athletics program is operating.
  
  
• To identify problem areas or concerns within the athletics program and ways to address those concerns.
  
  
• To promote campus and community confidence in the manner in which the athletics program is being conducted.
  
  
• To achieve full certification for the athletics program.
  
  
• To appropriately address the revised Operating Principles as presented in the Athletics Certification Self-Study Instrument.