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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"College sports"”.
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Women, men and sports : planning for change
This study addresses gender inequity in college sports and in sports in general. An account of women's history in sport and research literature from the 1960's to the present, indicate that resistance to the male control of sport, have occurred. As well, there have been changes in many areas of …
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Improving Opportunities for Today's Student-Athletes Within the NCAA
… performance without paying them anything. As college sports in America continue to grow and become more lucrative each year, this problem becomes more evident. It is time for the NCAA to revise its model that has been in place for years, and allow student athletes to receive payments for their …
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Graduation success of scholarship football players at Virginia Tech, 1981-1983
Graduation success of college athletes is becoming as popular a phrase in the world of college sports as is the term Proposition 48. This phrase has derived from the inability of college athletes to obtain a degree after their playing eligibilities have ended. This study focused on several …
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Intercultural interaction among student-athletes at an NCAA Division I University
… to explore the intercultural interactions among college student-athletes at a Division IA university. The primary research question of this study was: How do individual cultural identities contribute to the experience of diversity and inclusion on a sports team? This study was designed to examine …
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Televisual sports videogames
Over the three decade long history of sports videogame development, design conventions have lead to the emergence of a new sports game genre: the televisual sports videogames. These games, which usually simulate major professional or college sports, look and sound like television, and they use …
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Creating a Social Media Presence in Columbus State Women's Basketball Program
… basketball programs. The shift to the Image of College women's basketball teams, which also helps with the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) era in college sports, denotes an extraordinary stage. We diagram a course for future examination and drive with the yearning to develop a more dynamic …
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A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATHLETIC SPENDING AND INSTITUTIONAL ENROLLMENT MEASURES IN FCS ATHLETIC INSTITUTIONS
… on the other hand, argue that money spent on college sports could be spent in other areas of the university.</p> <p>Using a regression analysis similar to previous research, the purpose of this panel data regression analysis was to examine the relationship between intercollegiate athletics and …
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In-Group/Out-Group Dynamics of Native American Mascot Endorsement
… American names and mascots by professional and college sports teams has become a controversial issue. However, very litde research has investigated attitudes towards Native Americans, regarding relationships between team names and mascots on prejudice and discrimination. This study proposed that …
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Effects of college athletic participation on job satisfaction and life satisfaction
… many questions about the long-term effects of college athletic participation that have not been studied, especially issues regarding gender. Because of socialization and the structural differences in men's and women's sports, the long-term effects of sports participation may be different for …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Opportunities for Students to Participate in Community College Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Their Aspirations to Attend College
… the opportunity to participate in community college athletics and students’ aspirations regarding higher education. Students who may not have considered a college education due to a lack of family support, financial resources, or underperformance in secondary education may decide to attend …
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An exploration of the American College golf system: a developmental pathway for international student-athletes
The American College Sports system is as complex as it is unique and offers lucrative opportunities for international student-athletes by way of sports scholarships. This study set out to provide a critical overview of the United States (US) college golf system, to explore the experiences of …
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An educational reform commission and institutional change: case study of the policies, politics, and processes of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
Motivated by concerns posed by college athletics and questions about the effectiveness of educational reform commissions, this study centered on two questions: specifically, How did the Knight Commission function to bring policy reform to college sports?; and, generally, How does an independent, …
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The intercollegiate athletic cartel: the economics, history, institutions, and legal arrangements of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
… an attempt to control the widespread violence in college football. Since its beginning the NCAA has grown from an organization that standardized sports rules and conducted tournaments to a regulatory body that today controls virtually all aspects of college sports in which males participate. In …
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Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan: A Manual for Supporting and Enhancing the Academic Progress of Black Male Student-Athletes
<p>College sports have a profoundly positive effect on the vast majority of student-athletes who go on to pursue careers in something other than sports but this phenomenon has not translated equitably to the Black Male Student Athlete. Between 2007 and 2010, Black men were only 2.8% of full-time, …
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Faculty Senators and Their Knowledge and Perceptions of the Governance of Intercollegiate Athletics: the Case of theSoutheastern Conference
… related to faculty senator perceptions of college athletics, faculty senator knowledge of financial and academic governance of college athletics, current level of interaction between faculty senate and athletics department, and demographic questions related to the participant including …
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Perceptions of sport retirement by current student-athletes
This study focused on the problem of college student-athletes retiring from their sports unprepared for life outside of sanctioned athletics. The purpose was to identify if a current student-athlete believes he/she is prepared for a career life after competitive college athletics and who the …
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