The Best Practices ‘Core Program’ focuses on the risk of Injury and Litigation
Core Program – Areas audited:
Programs: Sport Clubs; Intramurals; Youth Camps; Outdoor Program; non-credit Instruction.
Facilities: Weight Room; Fitness Centre; Aquatics; Ice Arena; Fields; Climbing Wall; Facilities (general).
General: Concussions; Risk Management Committee; Travel; Emergency Response; Waivers. The ‘Demographics’ survey captures school data used to create comparison graphs.
Best Practices surveys ask what you are doing (or not doing) in a number of areas, but focusing on staffing; supervision/instruction; training; facilities & equipment; documentation; emergency response.
View List of Participating Schools
Athletic Conferences
BIG 10
CSU (23 schools)
ACC
MAC
NIRSA Region I
Boston College
Maine
Maryland Baltimore
Maryland College Park
Mount St. Mary’s
Penn State
Pittsburg
Rutgers
SUNY Brockport
Syracuse
U. Mass Lowel
Vasser
NIRSA Region II
Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Clemson Georgia Tech
Duke
E. Carolina
Fairmont State
Florida State
Furman
Georgia Southern
Kentucky
Louisville
N. Carolina Chapel Hill
N.Carolina State
Old Dominion
S. Mississippi
U. Miami
Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Washington Lee
NIRSA Region III
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Western Michigan
Eastern Kentucky
Grand Valley State
Illinois Chicago
Illinois Springfield
Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kent State
Miami (Ohio)
Michigan
Michigan State
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
Ohio
Ohio State
Purdue
Toledo
Wisconsin Stevens Point
Youngstown State
NIRSA Region IV
Arkansas
Houston
Kansas
U. Missouri Kansas City
Saint Louis
SMU
St. Edwards
Texas A&M
Texas A&M Galveston
Texas Lutheran
Tulane
Tyler Jr. College
Wichita State
NIRSA Region V
Adams State
Carleton College
Colorado
Colorado State
Iowa
Minnesota
UN Lincoln
UN Omaha
NIRSA Region VI
Central Washington
CSU Bakersville
CSU Cal Poly Pomona
CSU Cal Poly SLO
CSU Chico
CSU Humboldt
CSU Northridge
CSU Sacramento State
CSU San Bernardino
CSU San Marcos
CSU San Francisco State
San Diego State
Southern Oregon
Stanford
Western Washington
NIRSA Canadian Region
SFU
TWU
UVic
U Fraser Valley
Alberta
Brandon
Calgary
Lethbridge
MacEwan
Manitoba
Regina
Saint Boniface
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Brock
Carleton
Centennial College
Guelph
Lakehead
Laurentian
Laurier
McMaster
Queens
Redeemer
Ryerson
Trent
UOIT
Waterloo
Western
Windsor
York
Acadia
Cape Breton
Dalhousie
Moncton
Mount Allison
MSVU
Memorial
Saint Mary’s
St.FX
UNB
UNBSJ
UPEI
What you get:
Detailed Report with Action Recommendations based on gaps uncovered. Shows “% schools doing each Best Practice”
Benchmark Graphs showing how your school compares to
(a) all schools in total sample (currently >150)
(b) schools your own size
(c) within your Athletic Conference
(d) within your NIRSA region.
Graphs showing breakdown by Category (i.e. staff, supervision, training etc.)
Optional Add-on: $350
‘Global Department’ risks
A unique Best Practice risk assessment survey assesses ‘Global Department’ business-operation risks for Campus Recreation operations (see below).
Business Operations survey focuses on risks in the following areas:
Financial
IT Data
Human Resources
Facility Security
Reputation
Customer Service
Other
