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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"college athletics"”.
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Student-athlete perceptions of increased internationalization in college athletics
… of international student-athletes in Division I college athletics on the experience of international and domestic student-athletes, specifically by investigating the perceptions of female athletes participating in sports that have high percentages of international student-athlete involvement. …
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Title IX in college athletics with an historical Virginia Tech althletics case study (1972-1992)
… passage of the Civil Rights Restoration Act, VT athletics was a corporation and not a department within the university. Also, athletics was not held accountable for Title 1X compliance since athletics did not receive direct federal funding. After the passing of the Civil Rights Restoration Act, …
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Beyond talk : a multiple case study exploring athletic directors' and trainers' perceptions of mental health support systems in college athletics.
Many view college athletics as an extension of a well-supported environment buffered from negativity. However, depression, self-harm, and suicide have devastated collegiate athletics for decades. Some student-athletes participate in high-risk behaviors to mitigate their stress, while colleges and …
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Challenging the status quo for a marginalized group in higher education: knowledge sharing with female student-athletes who aspire to a career in college athletics
… female student-athletes pursuing careers in college athletics. Title IX has increased the number of women student-athletes; however, the percentage of women coaches and women working in athletic departments has declined in comparison to the percentage of males, which has grown (Acosta & …
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An Examination of Racial Disparities in College Athletics Leadership: A Study of Social and Cultural Forces Impacting Pathways to Athletic Directorship in Collegiate Athletics
… the persistent racial disparities in collegiate athletics leadership, specifically focusing on the underrepresentation of Black professionals in Athletic Director roles. Guided by Critical Race Theory, Systemic Racism Theory, and Pierre Bourdieu's concepts, this study explores pathways and …
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Faculty Senators and Their Knowledge and Perceptions of the Governance of Intercollegiate Athletics: the Case of theSoutheastern Conference
… of faculty senators regarding intercollegiate athletics as well as to evaluate their knowledge of athletics' academic and financial governance within Southeastern Conference (SEC) universities. The SEC has a long history of athletic excellence as well as well-established athletic cultures on …
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NEGOTIATING GENDER ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS CONTEXTS: THE CASE OF THE FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETE
… dissertation examines how 84 former Division I college athletes use the socialization they acquired through college sport in their lives once they are no longer student-athletes. I ask: When is being a former college athlete utilized as an asset, and when is it seen as a liability? How does race …
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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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Taking off the mask: seeing the person behind the student-athlete
This thesis offers an inside look at college athletics and dissects what it truly means to understand what it takes to compete as a student-athlete at a high level. It also makes suggestions on what athletics departments can do to better aid student-athletes and produce the all-around …
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Tale of the Tape: A Study of Two-year College Student-Athletes
… programs bring many unique elements to a college campus, many of which help to create a comprehensive student experience. Quantifying this experience is difficult as little data has been collected historically on two-year college athletes. The purpose of conducting this study was to create …
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An Evaluation of the Intramural Sports Program of Creighton University and Proposals for Improvement
… supervised and carried on within the walls of a college or university. The topic of Collegiate Intramural Sports is not an infant one, nor is it an ancient one. This part of the collegiate educational system may be traced back many decades but never has it been as popular in colleges and …
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Perceptions Of Ice Hockey Season Ticket Holders On The Implementation Of A Donor-Based Seating Model At Miami University, A Public Midwestern Mid-Major Institution
Intercollegiate athletics is a $10 billion marketplace (Suggs, 2012), with some Division I athletics operating budgets approaching $200 million. College athletics programs are charged with maximizing revenues in an effort to support and enhance the student-athlete experience. This study provides an …
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#JuccoStruggle: A Critical Examination into the Lived Experiences of Black Male Community College Athletes
… in football and basketball at a community college. Their psycho-social-emotional experiences and development were emphasized before, during, and after college. The study deployed Afropessimism to frame the experiences of BMSAs; as such, I assumed that the continued violence against Black …
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Effects of Upward Football Reclassification on Revenues, Football Attendance, and Enrollment
… chasm between the have and have nots in college athletics, athletic directors and university administrators view reclassification as a way to increase financial standing and gain valuable exposure for their school despite mixed findings by recent studies. The process of reclassification …
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A national profile of athletic academic advising in NCAA division institutions
… current state of athletic academic advising in college athletics and to see what changes have occurred since 1981. All NCAA Division I institutions which participate in basketball and/or football were surveyed. With slightly over 68% of surveys returned, it was found that athletic academic …
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Organizational commitment among NCAA Division III athletic directors.
… National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) 2009-2010 National Directory of College Athletics. Of the 418 listed in the NACDA Directory 169 participated. Multiple, One-Way ANOVA's were conducted to test the differences in organizational commitment utilizing the independent …
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The Incidence of Stress Fractures Among All Female Division I Athletes at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
… prepared for the increased physical demands of college athletics have the greatest risk for developing stress fractures compared to other academic classes. As of yet however, there have been very few studies that have examined the interaction of different variables such as academic class, on the …
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Exploring The Sport Identity Of Female NCAA Division I Assistant Women’s Soccer Coaches
… However, there are fewer female coaches in college athletics than male. As of fall 2019, 18% of head coaches and 45% of assistant coaches in Division I women’s soccer were women. This study focused on sport identity, a subset of social identity theory. It explored the role of sport identity …
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Marginal Revenue Product Of Division I Swimmers
… evidence surrounding the economic discussion of college athletics, specifically in regards to the discussion of the potential for performance based compensation for student-athletes. Past research for such compensation has focused primarily on large revenue producing sports such as football and …
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The Hidden Opponent: Developing & Validating the Black Female Athlete Anxiety Scale
… at the intersection of race, gender, and athletics, that lead to heightened levels of anxiety. While awareness of anxiety in college athletics has grown, existing assessment tools fail to account for the intersectional challenges that shape BFCAs’ experiences, leaving a critical gap in …
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