Owner: |
Wendy Dunn
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Owner Email: |
wendy.dunn.fresnostate@gmail.com
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Paper Title: |
Exploring the Experiences of Academically Successful NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Student-Athletes
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Session Title: |
Motivating and Supporting Student Groups Throughout College (Table 17)
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Paper Type: |
Roundtable Presentation
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Presentation Date: |
4/25/2022
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Presentation Location: |
San Diego, California
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Descriptors: |
Achievement, Engagement, Qualitative Research
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Methodology: |
Qualitative
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Author(s): |
Wendy Dunn, California State University - Fresno
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Unit: |
Division J - Postsecondary Education
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Abstract: |
There is an appropriate place for intercollegiate athletics within higher education, and intercollegiate student-athletes should be provided with significant and meaningful educational opportunities. However, popular narrative largely ignores the academic identities and academic successes of intercollegiate student-athletes. Utilizing the qualitative research strategy of phenomenology, academically successful student-athletes from the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision will be interviewed to understand their lived experiences of academic and social integration. This study will allow for a thorough exploration of how intercollegiate football student-athletes achieve and maintain academic success. The findings of this study will provide in-depth insights for higher education practitioners to develop intervention strategies to enhance the integration of football student-athletes into the larger campus community; thereby increasing their potential for academic success.
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DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1883259
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