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Martin Cannon Chase – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act was signed into law on June 23, 1972. The goal of the legislation which was signed into law by President Nixon was to correct shortcomings of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 that allowed for equal access to education opportunities for individuals regardless of race, religion or national origin. The…
Descriptors: College Athletics, College Students, Student Athletes, Educational Legislation
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Hextrum, Kirsten Michelle – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
College sports remain in flux with multiple court cases threaten the governing principle amateurism swept the nation. The research informing this movement assumes capitalism drives intercollegiate athletics (Clotfelter, 2011; Smith, 2011; Sperber, 2000). Yet framing college sports' problems as capitalist leads to a narrow set of solutions like…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Student Athletes, Racial Bias, College Athletics