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Understanding Student Athletes' Decisions in the Selection Process to Participate in Track and Field at an Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Rather than a Predominantly White Institutions (PWI)
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Michael Snapp – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The selection process for choosing an institution of higher learning for a high school student is a complicated and costly process for both the student and institution, specifically the institution's athletic department and coaching staff. Research reported there are multiple factors that influence a student's decision-making in selecting a…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, Decision Making, Track and Field, Black Colleges
Carcerality and College Athletics: State Methods of Enclosure within and through College Sport
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Sara E. Grummert – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation qualitatively examined former (18) and current (2) college players' experiences within their athletic department ecology--experiences with teammates, coaches and administrators, team doctors and health professionals, and experiences with various mechanisms of discipline, punishment, and surveillance. Using antiblackness and…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Student Athletes, Team Sports, Track and Field
First to the Finish Line: The Tennessee State Tigerbelles 1944-1994
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Salisbury, Tracey M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the history and analyze the influence of the women's track and field team at the historically black college, Tennessee State University located in Nashville, Tennessee. The study was divided into three major sections. The first part examined the founding, early development and growth of the TSU women's…
Descriptors: Females, Black Colleges, Civil Rights, Track and Field