Faculty and male student athletes: racial differences in the environmental predictors of academic achievement

Comeaux, Eddie; Harrison, C. Keith

doi:10.1080/13613320701330726

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“…However, scant literature exists that chronicles Black male student-athlete intimate experiences with faculty. In one study, researchers found that faculty were more likely to offer help to White student-athletes with study skills than to Black studentathletes (Comeaux & Harrison, 2007). In another study, of 128 faculty members at a large public Division 1-A university (91% of whom were White), many of them held prejudicial attitudes toward student-athletes as a group (Engstrom, Sedlacek, & McEwen, 1995).…”

Section: Black Male Student-athletes Experiences With Facultymentioning

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Who is Whistling Vivaldi? How Black football players engage with stereotype threats in college

Griffin

2016

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

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Who is Whistling Vivaldi?: How Black Football Players Engage with Stereotype Threats in CollegeWhitney Nicole Griffin Chair of the Supervisory Committee:Professor Clayton Cook Educational PsychologyResearch has shown that the threat of negative stereotypes can have pernicious effects on the decision-making thoughts and behaviors for those who are targets (Steele, 2011). When college students and professors subscribe to stereotypes that student-athletes enter college based solely on their physical abilities rather than their academic and intellectual capabilities, targets of the stereotypes may experience identity dissonance that exacerbates their decisions, behaviors, and ultimately their academic performance. In light of the impact of negative stereotypes on student-athlete performance, the purpose of this dissertation was to conduct a phenomenological, qualitative study that examined how Black male football players engage and cope with negative stereotypes at a predominantly White institution (PWI). Data was collected and analyzed from semi-structured interviews with 10 Black male football student-athletes employing grounded theory methodology to examine how they experience, are affected by, and respond to negative stereotypes.Empirical results elucidate various strategies employed to engage with stereotype threat.Thematic categories include responses that exacerbated, habituated to, or mitigated the stereotype encounter. The current study investigates the successful coping strategies Black football players currently use. Emergent themes gained from this inquiry helped the researcher 4 identify specific harbingers for interventions that would inculcate Black male student-athletes with tools to mitigate negative stereotypes that may undermine their performance in college and all areas of life. Implications are further discussed for postulating an institutionalized workshop series designed to teach effective coping mechanisms for all Black athletes.

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Section: Black Male Student-athletes Experiences With Facultymentioning

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Who is Whistling Vivaldi? How Black football players engage with stereotype threats in college

Griffin

2016

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

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“…In contrast, research that situates college athletes' behavior and motivation in interaction with socialization processes has the potential to recognize college athletes' agency, while also avoiding blaming the victim or absolving institutions of all responsibility for outcomes. Unfortunately, this research suggests that college athletes' college experiences often perpetuate academic failure (Adler & Adler, 1985, 1991, 1999Benson, 2000;Comeaux, & Harrison, 2007;Fountain & Finley, 2009). Research must continue to explore college athletes' academic experiences in order to discover best practices for encouraging academic success (Martin & Harris, 2006;Martin et al, 2010) and to uncover how even successful college athletes may be harmed or shortchanged within the current system (Oseguera, 2010).…”

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

Haslerig

2017

JHEAI

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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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“…Admissions data submitted by NCAA Division-I athletic programs revealed relaxed special-admission standards; with athletes from 27 identified universities being ten times more likely to benefit from such programs (Scherzagier, 2009). And, according to Comeaux and Harrison (2007) and Sellers (1992), Black college athletes tend to enter college with lower academic credentials.…”

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Athlete Graduation Rate Gaps at Division-I State Flagship Universities: An Exploratory Analysis Emphasizing Black Males

Turner¹,

Southall²,

Eckard³

2015

Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men

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Faculty and male student athletes: racial differences in the environmental predictors of academic achievement

Cited by 86 publications

References 15 publications

Who is Whistling Vivaldi? How Black football players engage with stereotype threats in college

Who is Whistling Vivaldi? How Black football players engage with stereotype threats in college

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

Athlete Graduation Rate Gaps at Division-I State Flagship Universities: An Exploratory Analysis Emphasizing Black Males

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