Are Athletes Also Students? The Educational Attainment of College Athletes

Purdy, Dean A.; Eitzen, D. Stanley; Hufnagel, Rick

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“…Despite increased focus on the academic achievement of college athletes in both policy (Mondello & Abernethy, 2000) and research (Gaston-Gayles & Hu, 2009;NCAA, 2001;Purdy et al, 1982;Upthegrove et al, 1999), the population of graduate(d) student athletes remains underexamined. Much of the literature focuses on academic failure or uses deficit frameworks to explain the underperformance of subgroups of college athletes.…”

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“…However, maintaining the primacy of academics for student athletes has proved an elusive goal, especially at the most elite levels (Byers, 1995;Emerick, 1996;Mathewson, 2000;Purdy, Eitzen, & Hufnagel, 1982;Upthegrove, Roscigno, & Charles, 1999). Concerns that intercollegiate athletics may exploit student athletes in ways that violate legal rights abound.…”

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Who or What Are Graduate(d) Student-Athletes?: Defining a Misunderstood Sub-population

Haslerig

2017

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After reading Columbus Dispatch's cover story "Battle of Brothers" about the upcoming collegiate football game in which my two youngest cousins-who are brothers-would face each other, I was annoyed. The article used the term "fifth year senior" to describe the elder brother, which struck me because it was juxtaposed with a description of his younger brother as a "thirdyear junior"-not only making a fifth year seem aberrant, but also transforming a purely athletic achievement (playing as a freshman) into a disingenuous testament to his academic progress. Yet, as a collegiate athlete under the purview of the NCAA, the elder brother was a "fifth-year senior" in his final year of eligibility despite having walked at graduation the year before, completing an internship, and starting coursework toward a graduate degree.

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Section: The Case For Studying Graduate(d) Student Athletesmentioning

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Who or What Are Graduate(d) Student-Athletes?: Defining a Misunderstood Sub-population

Haslerig

2017

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“…Conversely, Kansas State (Worcester, 1923), McGill (Finlay, 1926), California (Miller, 1926), Indiana (Ruble, 1928) and Colorado State (Purdy, 1982) have shown athletes outperforming nonathletes in the classroom.…”

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“…Major studies at Ohio State (Burtt, 1923), Minnesota (Peterson, 1928), Ohio State (Hindman, 1928), Minnesota (Stecklein, 1965), Colorado State (Purdy, 1982), Ohio State (Parsons, 1969), Iowa…”

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An investigation of the academic preparation and performance of student-athletes at Iowa State University

Wade

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Developing an institutional culture toward degree attainment for student athletes

Horton

2011

New Drctns Community Coll

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Are Athletes Also Students? The Educational Attainment of College Athletes

Cited by 81 publications

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Who or What Are Graduate(d) Student-Athletes?: Defining a Misunderstood Sub-population

Who or What Are Graduate(d) Student-Athletes?: Defining a Misunderstood Sub-population

An investigation of the academic preparation and performance of student-athletes at Iowa State University

Developing an institutional culture toward degree attainment for student athletes

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