The Influence of Student Engagment and Sport Participation on College Outcomes Among Division I Student Athletes

Gayles, Joy Gaston; Hu, Shouping

doi:10.1353/jhe.0.0051

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

Haslerig

2017

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“…An extensive review of literature has shown that the relationship between sport and academic achievement is an area that has been widely researched, particularly in the US (see for examples, Bowen & Levin, 2003;Comeaux, 2005;Gaston-Gayles & Hu, 2009;Gaston-Gayles, 2005;Hartmann, 2008). This theme has been of real interest to scholars in the United States (US) because there has been a long tradition of sports scholarships, and the fact that University sport has been commercialized since the 1950s (Eitzen, 2006;Comeaux & Harrison, 2011).…”

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The Academic Achievement of Elite Athletes at Australian Schools

Georgakis¹,

Evans²,

Warwick³

2014

Journal of Education and Training Studies

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While sport and student-athletes have featured in the Australian education system since compulsory schooling, there has been no analysis to date of the link between academic achievement and elite student-athletes. However, this is in stark contrast to the United States of America (US), where student-athletes have been the subject of sustained research and examination. In order to rectify this neglected area of research in the Australian context, this study investigated the Higher School Certificate (HSC) results of 641 Combined High School (CHS) Blues recipients over 11 years from 2001 until 2011, comparing them with the performance of the total general HSC population over the same period. The HSC summary aggregate data for Blues recipients was examined for 15 subjects, plus gender and sport. School Index of Community Socio-Economic Advantage (ICSEA) value also formed part of the analysis. The results demonstrated the student-athletes performed at levels similar to, or better than, their peers. Their performance was notably superior in some subjects such as Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE). In particular, female Blues performed at higher levels than male Blues, across the range of subjects. Female Blues also generally outperformed the general HSC population. Analysis of individual Blues sports suggests that swimming produced a disproportionate number of high attainers. The findings suggest that despite their heavy sporting commitments and necessarily demanding training timetables, the sampled elite student-athletes performed at levels equal to, or better than, their peers.

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“…The benefits reaped by performing community service are especially important for student-athletes because of research raising concerns of student-athletes not becoming acclimated to academic-related activities (Bell, 2009;Gaston-Gayles & Hu, 2009;Miller & Kerr, 2003). Understanding these benefits would allow university personnel to more accurately market the academic benefits and development student-athletes may reap from participating in community service.…”

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“…Student-athletes tend to gravitate toward other student-athletes upon entering college (Gaston-Gayles & Hu, 2009). Part of this isolation with other athletes is because of their lack of time available to connect with other students (Clift & Mower, 2013;Paule & Gilson, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Student-athletes, and their background characteristics, have also been measured (Cruce & Moore, 2007;Gaston-Gayles & Hu, 2009;Sullivan et al, 2013;Symonds, 2009), although researchers report inconsistent findings on the frequency of student-athletes performing community service. Two studies found students who participated in varsity athletics had similar frequencies performing community service as non-athlete students (Cruce & Moore, 2007;Symonds, 2009).…”

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The Influence of Student Engagment and Sport Participation on College Outcomes Among Division I Student Athletes

Cited by 85 publications

References 15 publications

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

The Academic Achievement of Elite Athletes at Australian Schools

Examining the motivations and benefits of student-athletes performing community service.

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