Intercollegiate Athletes and Effective Educational Practices: Winning Combination or Losing Effort?

By Paul D. Umbach, Megan M. Palmer, George D. Kuh, Stephanie J. Hannah. 2006

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Scrutiny of intercollegiate athletics has intensified in recent years. This study compares student-athletes with those of non-athletes in terms of their engagement in effective educational practices. Contrary to many reports in the popular media, the findings from this study indicate that, on balance, student-athletes across a large number of colleges and universities do not differ greatly from their peers in terms of their participation in effective educational practices. In most instances, when differences do exist, they favor athletes.

Subfields: Education, Gender Studies

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Citations in the corpus

• The effects of sport participation on student-athletes' and non-athlete students' social life and identity. (2010, unknown): “…women's institutions (Brewer et al., 1993; Griffith & Johnson, 2002; Mignano, Brewer, Winter, & Raatle; 2006; Richard & Aires, 1999; Williams, Sarraf, & Umbach, 2006), this study focused on a different group of participants, student-athletes from a regional public mid-major Division-I institute.”
• Two Cultures: Undergraduate Academic Engagement (2008, background): “NSSE evidence indicates that colleges can expand the number of students who are exposed to good educational practices through the introduction of learning communities, honors colleges, opportunities for diversity experiences, and transition-tocollege experiences (Kuh 2003; Umbach and Kuh 2006).”