Ungraduated College Athletes: Stereotype and Reality. ASHE 1987 Annual Meeting Paper.

Autor/inn/en	Boone, Jerry N.; Walker, Hollie, Jr.
Titel	Ungraduated College Athletes: Stereotype and Reality. ASHE 1987 Annual Meeting Paper.
Quelle	(1987), (37 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Athletes; College Athletics; Dropouts; Employment Experience; Followup Studies; Higher Education; Males; Participant Satisfaction; Student Attrition; Student College Relationship; Student Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Athlet; College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Schülerbeurlaubung; Studienerfahrung
Abstract	Former Memphis State University male football and basketball players who had neither graduated nor succeeded in professional sports careers were interviewed to determine problems they had during and after college. Student records were also studied for the 23 football players and 9 basketball players who played their last season between 1978 and 1984. Findings include: a little more than half of the athletes tried to get professional contracts; 3 of the 32 athletes were unemployed (all football players) and 6 were employed part-time; 19 of the 32 former athletes felt that the 4 or 5 years they spent in the university did not prepare them for jobs; the athletes had little informal encouragement and support from college staff, little contact with student organizations, relatively little interaction with faculty, separate meals, and separate housing; some felt they were exploited in the university's pursuit of a winning record and athletic income; the single most important problem among former athletes was alcohol and drug abuse, which developed while in college; and the athletes lacked about half the credits required for their degrees after being full-time students for 4 or 5 years. Overall, however, it was found that failure to achieve academically has not ruined the lives of these young men and that their problems were the same as, but no greater than, those of typical young Americans. Recommendations for improving the university's handling of student athletes are offered. The interview schedule is appended. (SW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC