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Mainstreaming And Integrating The Substance And Spectacle Of Scholar-Baller: A New Game Plan For The Ncaa, Higher Education And Society, Keith Harrison
Mainstreaming And Integrating The Substance And Spectacle Of Scholar-Baller: A New Game Plan For The Ncaa, Higher Education And Society, Keith Harrison
Dr. C. Keith Harrison
The purpose of this chapter is to theoretically and empirically capture the cultural divide between education and sport and entertainment in American society. The NCAA Academic Reform Movement has evolved from holding individuals accountable to presently monitoring institutions and their retention and graduation success of college student athletes. This movement will require a deeper examination of how culture influences academic attitudes and lifelong learning. Based on empirical data from different methodologies, this chapter proposes that student athletes; especially African American males, are often stereotyped with few strategies to empower their academic and athletic identities. The Scholar-Baller Paradigm is designed to …
Summer 2007 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin
Summer 2007 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin
UTPB Commencement Programs
Summer 2007 Commencement - August 3, 2007
The Babbler Volume 87 (2007-2008), Lipscomb University
The Babbler Volume 87 (2007-2008), Lipscomb University
The Babbler (Student Newspaper)
Lipscomb University's The Babbler student newspaper volume 87, which ran from August 2007–April 2008. It had 22 issues. Issue 19 was the "Music City Madness: A-Sun Tournament" special edition.
Faculty And Male Student Athletes In Higher Education: Racial Differences In The Environmental Predictors Of Academic Achievement, Keith Harrison
Faculty And Male Student Athletes In Higher Education: Racial Differences In The Environmental Predictors Of Academic Achievement, Keith Harrison
Dr. C. Keith Harrison
Studies have examined the impact of environmental variables on academic achievement among student athletes in the revenue-generating sports of men’s basketball and football. However, while evidence concerning the positive impact of male student athlete and faculty interaction is virtually unequivocal, we are not certain whether the benefits accruing from particular types of interaction vary across different racial/ethnic groups. This study explores the relationship between male Black and White student athletes and faculty as well as the impact of specific forms of student athlete– faculty interaction on academic achievement. Data are drawn from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s 2000 Freshman Survey …
Spring 2007 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin
Spring 2007 Commencement - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin
UTPB Commencement Programs
Spring 2007 Commencement - May 5, 2007
The Spinster (2007), Hollins University
The Spinster (2007), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)