About FARA

FARA is the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association, the professional association for faculty athletics representatives (FARs). FARA is the collective voice of faculty athletics representatives in all three NCAA divisions. It is FARA’s role to advocate for faculty athletics representatives and to represent their concerns at the national level.

To learn more about FARs, click here.

What does FARA stand for?
To see what FARA stands for, please see these Guiding Principles, which the FARA membership adopted in January 2007.

FARA Guiding Principles

• We believe that intercollegiate athletics is an integral part of the mission of the academic institution.  We acknowledge the benefits of intercollegiate athletics, and we believe that intercollegiate athletics can bring many positive attributes to the collegiate community.
  

• We believe that the well-being of the student-athlete is an essential concern of the university.  We take seriously the faculty athletics representative’s responsibility to ensure that student-athletes are supported properly and treated fairly.
  

• We believe that institutional academic integrity is essential.  It is the faculty athletics representatives’ role to ensure that the academic institution establishes and maintains the appropriate balance between academics and intercollegiate athletics.
  

• We believe that conference academic integrity is essential.  It is the faculty athletics representatives’ role to advocate the appropriate emphasis on academics in the conference.
  

• We believe that academic integrity must be a priority within the NCAA.  It is FARA’s role to advocate the appropriate emphasis on academics in NCAA discussions, NCAA committee decisions and NCAA member legislation.
  

• We believe that FARA is the collective voice of faculty athletics representatives in all three NCAA divisions.  It is FARA’s role to advocate for faculty athletics representatives and to represent their concerns at the national level.