Author: Rollie Ray BestorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Construction of a Measure of Intensity of Desire for Success in College Athletics
Author: Rollie Ray BestorCompleted Research in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Author: American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Research CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Master's Theses in Education
Author: T. A. LamkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
American College Athletics
Author: Howard James SavagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athletics
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Big-Time Sports in American Universities
Author: Charles T. ClotfelterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421121
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.
Mind Body and Sport
Author: NCAAApplying Sport Psychology
Author: Jim TaylorPublisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780736045124
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Covering the five psychological areas considered to have the most influence on athletic performance - motivation, confidence, intensity, focus and emotions - this work provides a comprehensive approach to sport psychology.
Principles of Management
Author: David S. BrightPublisher:
ISBN: 9781998109166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Black & white print. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.
Student Success in College
Author: George D. KuhPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118046854
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Student Success in College describes policies, programs, and practices that a diverse set of institutions have used to enhance student achievement. This book clearly shows the benefits of student learning and educational effectiveness that can be realized when these conditions are present. Based on the Documenting Effective Educational Practice (DEEP) project from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, this book provides concrete examples from twenty institutions that other colleges and universities can learn from and adapt to help create a success-oriented campus culture and learning environment.
Backboards & Blackboards
Author: Patricia A. AdlerPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231073073
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
College basketball experienced its greatest rise in popularity during the eighties, becoming one of the most commercially successful spectator sports in America. With this rise came an era of scandal: recruiting violations, spurious admittance practices, and controversial treatment of student athletes. Within this guarded context of scrutiny, allegations of improprieties, and media celebrity, Patricia and Peter Adler penetrated the public front of a top twenty basketball team. The result of their efforts, Backboards and Blackboards: College Athletes and Role Engulfment, is a compelling inside account of an exciting, intimidating, and glamorous hidden arena.