Standards & Guidelines
The Council for the Advancement and Standards in Higher Education (CAS) reporting standards were designed to help schools, colleges, and universities benchmark the goals and progress of their development programs against other institutions.
The National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA) Standards have been created as minimum criteria for any collegiate recreational sports program and are not designed as ideal or ultimate statements. This results in a more practical, working document for professionals in the field. The NIRSA Standards are not permanent, as they may change when growth and development occurs within an area. The standards will be reviewed on a regular basis and changes will be incurred as they are recognized and/or as are deemed necessary by the Executive Committee of the NIRSA.
The following specialty standards were adopted in 1999.