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Veliz, Philip; Snyder, Marjorie; Sabo, Don – Women's Sports Foundation, 2019
This study builds on previous research and policy that view teen sports as an educational tool and public health asset. The results highlighted that school-based athletics continued to be the most popular activity provided by high schools in the U.S. and was the only school-based extracurricular activity that showed an increase in participation…
Descriptors: Athletics, Extracurricular Activities, High Schools, Peer Acceptance
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Calvert, Robert, Jr.; Clarke, Kenneth S. – Educational Record, 1979
The results of an HEW study of athletic injuries and deaths in high schools and colleges and related data on collegiate athletics-related injuries and care are examined. Data-reporting problems and recommendations regarding the role of government in sports are discussed. (JMD)
Descriptors: Athletics, College Students, Death, Extramural Athletics
Haskins, Jack B. – 1975
The opinions of 533 Tennesseans were gathered in a survey conducted in late 1974. It was found that Tennesseans have somewhat more confidence in higher education than do Americans generally, with 43.7 percent saying they have great confidence, 46.5 percent saying they have some confidence, and 4.5 percent saying they have no confidence. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Finance, Extramural Athletics, Higher Education
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Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1997
This study compared the six-year college graduation rates of scholarship athletes with all students in the Oklahoma State System using data for fall 1990 first-time, full-time baccalaureate degree-seeking entering freshmen. The study also examined three-year graduation rates of fall 1993 freshmen seeking associate degrees. Graduation rates for…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Athletes, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students