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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)"”.
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Predictors of Academic Success: A Study of First-Year Student-Athletes at a Private Midwestern University
… public accountability implemented by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the academic success and graduation of student-athletes, colleges and universities are compelled to consider the influential factors of academic success or failure for collegiate student-athletes. …
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An analysis of the relationship between system size and structural differentiation within intercollegiate athletic departments
… and administrative component within university athletic departments holding membership in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The main objectives of the investigation were to: (1) test Blau's (1970) formal theory of structural differentiation in sport …
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RUNNING FOR INTEGRATION: CCNY AND THE PROMISE OF INTERRACIAL COOPERATION THROUGH BASKETBALL
… racially integrated basketball team to win the national championship; and the only one to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Invitational Tournament (NIT) championships in the same season. Unfortunately, their accomplishments were overshadowed by the gambling …
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An analysis of university TV spots aired during National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision football games
Public universities who participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision produce and air university TV spots during televised college football games. The purpose of this research was to analyze TV spots of public universities who participate in …
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The NCAA's academic mandates for athletic eligibility: Proposition 48 and its impact on student-athletes restricted by the legislation
In 1983 during its annual convention, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) voted on and approved a proposal aimed at toughening the academic eligibility requirements for incoming student-athletes aspiring to participate in Division I athletic programs. Formally known as Bylaw …
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The Utilization of Technology in the Sports Information Departments in Three Divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
… Division I-AA and Division II schools within the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).</p> <p>The utilization was determined by a survey of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Southern Conference and South Atlantic Conference. The survey was comprised of 40 questions seeking demographic …
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NCAA Division III student-athletes' attitudes and knowledge of anabolic steroids
… on the attitudes, knowledge, and deterrents of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III student-athletes related to illegal steroid abuse. One hundred and two student-athletes from Rowan University completed a survey to evaluate their knowledge of anabolic steroids and the …
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Restructuring athletic graduation analysis at Virginia Tech
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) passed legislation requiring its member institutions to publish their graduation rates. Institutions may now count athletes as graduates if they have earned degrees from another institution. The purpose of this study was to assess a graduation …
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Demand for sport : an econometric analysis of Web 2.0 use
… are important in generating Web 2.0 traffic for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division-I-Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams during the 2014 season. The study provides several important contributions to the literature. First, the research helps advance the methodology of …
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Female Athletic Trainers Working with Male Division I Teams: Exploring their Experiences and Interactions
Despite representing half of all certified athletic trainers in the United States, females tend to not staff male teams at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level. To date, there has not been much research on female athletic trainers (ATs), especially in positions such …
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#JuccoStruggle: A Critical Examination into the Lived Experiences of Black Male Community College Athletes
… produce itself in community college athletics? Prior research on the experiences of BMSAs has centralized the economic exploitation of student-athletes in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football and basketball. A phenomenological design was used to explore the …
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Perceptions Of Executive Female Leaders In Athletics
In 1981 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) developed the designation of Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) within the membership. With the addition of women’s athletic programs in the NCAA starting in the 1981-1982 season, the NCAA knew there was a need to guarantee at least one …
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Framing Student-Athlete Compensation: A Thematic Analysis of California Senate Bill 206
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has controlled intercollegiate sports for the past 150 years, but the passing of California Senate Bill 206 on September 30, 2019, placed that power at risk. The bill will allow student-athletes to receive compensation for their name, image and …
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A ranking model for two women's team sports
… are six women's team sports recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): field hockey, basketball, soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, and softball. Associated with each of these sports are polling procedures conducted to indicate national rankings in terms of quality of …
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College Wheelchair Basketball Players' Construction Of Identities: A Symbolic Interactionism Approach
The National Wheelchair Basketball Association consists of 14 collegiate teams (NCAA, 2013) that are represented at both the NCAA and club sport arenas. Collegiate wheelchair basketball student-athletes have been neglected within the sport discussion due to the sports emergence status in legitimacy …
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A Department of the Modern University: Discipline, Manliness, and Football in American Intellectual Culture, 1869--1929
"Football, the first so-called ""big-time"" intercollegiate sport, illustrates the historical tensions that accompanied the growing divergence of ""intellectual culture"" and popular culture in modern America. This dissertation shows how professional academic psychologists and social scientists, …
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The authority of the NCAA and its member institutions over student athletes
Growing litigation between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), its member institutions, and student athletes has caused concern for both student athletes and colleges and universities. This qualitative research utilized a legal-historical, document-based method of inquiry. The …
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NCAA DI Assistant Coaches' Understanding of Mental Performance and Mental Health Services
<p>The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has acknowledged the importance of providing student-athletes with psychological services throughout their athletic careers (NCAA, n.d.). Two vital services for student-athletes are mental performance services that are focused on sport-related …
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Environmental Factors Influencing College Student Athletes Quality of Life
… the case when examining the lifestyles of collegiate athletes. In this qualitative study, researchers interviewed 15 Dominican University of California (DUoC) college student athletes, playing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II level to assess what …
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Stereotypes of a black male (student-athlete) misunderstood, and it's still all good: The life of Eric Christopher Garrett
… their academic identity at the expense of their athletic identity. Intentionally or otherwise, the limited attention paid to Black male student-athlete’s salient identities in sport studies research has contributed to constraints placed on their goal of achieving a professional career and/or …
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