The Black Coaches Association and the NCAA have agreed to address a number of issues which led to the BCA's threatened boycott of college basketball earlier this year, the U. S. Department of Justice said yesterday.

The Community Relations Service (CRS) of the Department of Justice, which has been mediating discussions since March 1, said that the two groups agreed to discuss the expansion of education, employment and governance participation opportunities for blacks and other ethnic minorities in the NCAA.

"We believe that the positive relationships established during the talks and symbolized by the agreement have produced a shared commitment to continue this productive dialogue in the future," said CRS Acting Director Jeffrey Weiss.

Francis Canavan, group executive director for public affairs for the NCAA, said the BCA and the NCAA will schedule meetings during the summer which will include a discussion of the impact of recent reductions in scholarships on minority educational opportunity.

Temple Basketball Coach and BCA member John Chaney emphasized that the agreement allows the two sides to "talk about the issues of educational opportunity for our children."

The agreement establishes goals for intercollegiate athletics including the following:

-- The NCAA governing process must be open and inclusive of all constituents in the intercollegiate athletics community.

-- The NCAA will renew its commitment to ensure the significant participation by ethnic minorities in every aspect of NCAA governance.

-- The study of initial-eligibility standards called for at the 1994 NCAA convention will include current standards, the standards scheduled to go into effect in 1995, and the issue of permissable aid to partial qualifiers.

-- The NCAA Joint Policy Board appointed the Special Committee to Review Initial Standards to ensure a diverse membership including a representative from the BCA.

-- Legislation to allow student athletes who are partial or non-qualifiers to earn a fourth year of eligibility will be presented to the Council and the NCAA Presidents Commission for consideration.

NCAA President Joseph Crowley and Executive Director Cedric Dempsey said that the mediation process resulted in a common purpose of the two groups.

"This agreement and the strengthened relationship between the NCAA and the BCA will enhance intercollegaite athletics' contribution to the lives of young men and women and our campus communities," Dempsey said.