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Outcomes-Based Career Preparation Programs For Contemporary Student-Athletes, Kristina Navarro, Heather Mccormick
Outcomes-Based Career Preparation Programs For Contemporary Student-Athletes, Kristina Navarro, Heather Mccormick
Journal of Applied Sport Management
Framed from a constructivist approach, this manuscript draws from Savickas’ (2005) Theory of Career Construction to assess programmatic development and mastery of learning outcomes in preparation for life after higher education. Utilizing a mixed-method approach, findings outline recommendations for campusbased practitioner programming informed from the voices of NCAA Division I football student-athletes.
College Choice…Holistic Development…Career Success…College Choice: Introducing The “Lifetime Human Capital Cycle” For Intercollegiate Athletes, Landon T. Huffman, Kristina M. Navarro, Coyte G. Cooper
College Choice…Holistic Development…Career Success…College Choice: Introducing The “Lifetime Human Capital Cycle” For Intercollegiate Athletes, Landon T. Huffman, Kristina M. Navarro, Coyte G. Cooper
Journal of Applied Sport Management
The purpose of this article was to examine the college-choice factors of intercollegiate football athletes who were offered an athletic grant-in-aid to attend a NCAA Division I FBS university in the southeastern United States (n = 74). A modified version of the Student–athlete College-Choice Profile (SACCP) was used to collect data regarding the most influential college-choice factors. The questionnaire concluded with an open-ended question asking players to identify the three most-influential factors related to their college choice. A mixed-methods approach utilized descriptive statistics complemented by qualitative analysis techniques including process coding, pattern coding, and analytic memoing to identify the most …