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athletic programs free from discrimination based on sex and may help you evaluate whether your school’s athletic program is providing equal opportunity consistent with Title IX. If you believe that your school may not be providing equal athletic opportunities based on sex, you may
The transition from high school athlete to college or univer-sity student-athlete is a challenge in and of itself. All of a sudden, non-classroom time otherwise spent with friends and socializing is consumed with functions related to one’s athlete status, such as tutoring, team meetings, practices, appearances and other mandatory events.
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Framed around the process of recruitment, transition, and support of student athletes in higher education, the volume is a response to societal pressures to reform college athletics. Driven by publicity and the potential for revenue gains, colleges and universities have invested heavily in developing athletic programs, coaches, and facilities.
discuss “academic clustering,” a specific challenge unique to the student-athlete college experience. Fountain and Finley (2009) define this as a process by which practitioners advise student-athletes to pursue a limited set of undergraduate courses and majors that help students maintain athletics eligibility but that do not
Elite high school varsity athletes 5 were much more likely to report participation in intercollegiate sports at NCAA Division I schools (10.5 percent) than were other senior varsity athletes (4.5 percent), other varsity or junior varsity athletes (1.2 percent), or those who did not report being varsity or junior varsity athletes (0.3 percent).
College athletes are able to take advantage of free room and board, the best dorm rooms on campus, free books and classes, and first choice of classes they want. A college athlete can receive up to $120,000 in total scholarships; they already are being paid for their participation.
The United States is a nation where organized sports are part of the formal higher education system (Coakley, 2014). Student-athletes—a term used interchangeably with athletes—are a special subset of the college student population that experiences challenges stemming from the dual roles of athletes and students.