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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 …