Concussion compliance must improve in NCAA.

• Position: Athletic Arena - National Collegiate Athletic Association - Brief article

Though most National Collegiate Athletic Association colleges and universities have created programs to help athletes deal with concussions, a study by Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., has found that, when it comes to specific components of those plans, many institutions still lag behind accepted standards. The study, a comprehensive examination of how colleges and universities have complied with the Concussion Policy and Legislation adopted by the NCAA in 2010, is based on the results of a survey sent to all 1,066 NCAA member institutions.

The results, according to coauthors Christine Baugh, a student in Harvard's Health Policy Ph.D. program and Emily Kroshus, a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Public Health, are mixed. While more than 90% of schools...