There is an increasing need for student affairs professionals to understand the experiences of student athletes in higher education. The researchers asked: How do academic, athletic, and social experiences integrate to affect the freshman student athlete transition to college and impact their overall college experience? The results indicated that…

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…

This study seeks to investigate the leadership behaviors of teachers and coaches in urban high schools using Eccles et al.s' (1998) expectancy-value model as a guide for understanding the context and learning environment surrounding urban student-athletes. Learning how teachers and coaches interact with each other provides much needed insight into…

Although higher education research underscores the importance of sense of belonging (SoB) for students' academic success and degree completion, research on the development and impact of SoB for student-athletes is limited. Informed by Astin's (1993) Input-Environment-Output (I-E-O) model and Tinto's (1994) theory of student departure, this study…