According to the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the University of Hawaii at Manoa is ranked among the top 150 world universities. Besides, it is in top 67 United States institutions. The Department of Athletics is highly important niche of university life at Manoa. Participation at University of Hawaii’s athletic programs in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Football, offers opportunities to compete in about 20 intercollegiate sports. About four-hundred and fifty students are involved in UH Manoa athletic programs. That is, athletic program in UH Manoa plays significant role both, for students and university’s image.
The role of Department of Athletics is to be able to give student- athletes the opportunity to get their degree in what they want to do in the near future while being able to
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That is including modern facilities, high quality equipment and best coaches (“A Plan for Hawaii Athletics”). All these aspects being coupled together allow students to develop their capabilities upmost. It should be mentioned that the University of Hawaii at Manoa is actively engaged in the development of Athletics. That is, in 2009, a comprehensive strategic plan “A 21st Century Strategy for Enhancing Our Winning Tradition, 2009-2014” was developed by the University of Hawaii’s Department of Athletics. Recently, this plan was updated in order to address new challenges. The vision of Hawaii Athletics is to “Bring pride to Hawaii and our University by becoming a consensus national Top-50 athletics program as measured by the National Association of Collegiate Director of Athletics” (“A Plan for Hawaii Athletics”). In order to achieve this vision, UHM has designed strategic goals. Hence, operating budget is planned to increase from $32 million per year to a