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2+2: Academic Success Predictors Of Two-Year Transfer Student Athletes, Shawn Jeffery Waltz
2+2: Academic Success Predictors Of Two-Year Transfer Student Athletes, Shawn Jeffery Waltz
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This study addresses the academic success of upper division, NCAA Division I, student athletes who begin their post-secondary academic career at a two-year institution. It is motivated by two research questions: 1) Are predictors of academic success similar for transfer and non-transfer student athletes? 2) Are predictors of academic success similar for transfer student athletes and transfer non-athlete students? Schlossberg’s (1981) theory of transition aided in conceptually framing these research questions.
Data for this study was gathered from three regionally accredited four-year universities located in southern Louisiana, all housing an NCAA Division I athletic program. Multilevel binomial logistic regression was …