The N.C.A.A. will hold a news conference on Monday morning to announce what were described as “corrective and punitive measures” against Penn State in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal involving the former football coach Jerry Sandusky.


The N.C.A.A. revealed no details about the penalties, which will be announced by the organization’s president, Mark Emmert, and Ed Ray, the chairman of the N.C.A.A.’s executive committee.


The scandal led to the removal of Penn State’s president and the firing of its legendary football coach, Joe Paterno, as well as the filing of criminal charges against two other top university officials. A report commissioned by Penn State’s board of trustees and compiled by Louis J. Freeh, a former F.B.I. director, found a series of failures all the way up the university’s chain of command that it concluded were the result of an insular and complacent culture in which football was revered.


In an interview last week with PBS, Emmert called Penn State’s conduct in covering up Sandusky’s behavior “egregious.” He did not rule out invoking the N.C.A.A.’s power to impose the so-called death penalty to shut down Penn State’s football program.


Earlier on Sunday, a work crew arrived before dawn and used jackhammers and a forklift to unceremoniously remove the statue of Paterno from its spot outside the Penn State football stadium, quickly dismantling an iconic tribute to the coach that had become a focus for the scorn after the release of the Freeh report, which detailed Paterno’s involvement in covering up of child abuse accusations against Sandusky.


It is the most visible sign yet that the university has distanced itself from the man who until recently has been the university’s patriarchal figure. Construction vehicles and the police quietly barricaded the street and sidewalks near the statue with a chain-link fence, draped the figure in a blue tarp and hauled it to an undisclosed location.


The monument, erected outside Beaver Stadium in 2001 to celebrate Paterno’s record-setting 324th coaching victory and his contributions to the university, was taken down six months to the day after Paterno’s death at age 85.


It has been 10 days since the Freeh report revealed that Paterno, along with three other top Penn State officials, had concealed accusations of abuse against Sandusky for more than a decade. Penn State’s president, Rodney Erickson, made the final decision about the statue’s removal.


“I believe that, were it to remain, the statue will be a recurring wound to the multitude of individuals across the nation and beyond who have been the victims of child abuse,” Erickson said in a statement. “I fully realize that my decision will not be a popular one in some Penn State circles, but I am certain it is the right and principled decision.”


Erickson added that Paterno’s name would remain on the campus library.


The statue had become a target for critics after Freeh’s investigation revealed that Paterno, along with former President Graham Spanier, Vice President Gary Schultz and Athletic Director Tim Curley, had covered up accusations against Sandusky from becoming public for more than 14 years. Last month, Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse of 10 boys.


The Paterno family has denied the Freeh report’s claims and has said it plans its own review of the investigation. In a statement on Sunday, the family said that removing the statue “does not serve the victims” or “help heal the Penn State community.”


“The Freeh report, though it has been accepted by the media as the definitive conclusion on the Sandusky scandal, is the equivalent of an indictment — a charging document written by a prosecutor — and an incomplete and unofficial one at that,” the statement said.


The statue was a rallying point for supporters after Paterno’s death on Jan. 22. But its symbolic meaning has taken a different turn lately. Auxiliary police officers had been guarding the statue against vandals, and last week, a small plane flew over the campus pulling a banner that read, “Take down the statue or we will.”


Unlike after Paterno’s firing in November, when students and fans rioted on the Penn State campus, his statue was removed Sunday without incident.


The statue’s sculptor, Angelo Di Maria, said he was “hurt” by the removal of the statue but understood the decision.


“As reality sets in and I’m considering more and more of both sides, how can you argue?” he said.