Author: National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (U.S.) Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 228
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What attracts students to a college--academics? recreational sports? the campus recreation center? If you selected all three answers, you are right. Most students choose a college or university for its academic merits, but another key factor in their decision is the recreational sports programs and facilities. Recreational sports are an important component to students' quality of life on campus and to a college's recruitment and retention of students. The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association contracted Kerr-Downs Research Associates to conduct a nationwide research project to determine the value of recreational sport on college campuses. More than 2,600 students from 16 colleges participated in this study, making it the largest representative group of college students from multiple colleges ever studied with respect to the value of participation in recreational sports. This study examined the value and contributions of recreational sports to participants' lives and documented the buying power of participants in recreational sports. The first of its kind in research, The Value of Recreational Sports in Higher Education makes a strong the case for campus recreational sports programs and facilities that will support the mission of your college into the future.
Author: National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (U.S.) Publisher: Human Kinetics ISBN: 1450431739 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 266
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Campus Recreational Sports provides the latest information, best practices, and guidelines for the management of indoor and outdoor recreation and sport facilities on college and university campuses. Current and aspiring professionals will find guidance in personnel, facilities, and services management as well as budgeting, marketing, assessment, and risk management. Current topics of technology, programming, and community building are also explored.
Author: George S. McClellan Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 111823474X Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 346
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Praise for The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration "The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration provides insiders' in-depth and firsthand perspectives on issues in the contemporary professional administration of intercollegiate athletics and recreation, as well as practical solutions to these issues. It is a must-read for anyone who is interested in pursuing a career in college athletics and campus recreation administration." Ming Li, professor and chair, Department of Sports Administration, College of Business, Ohio University "The Handbook of College Athletics and Recreation Administration is a useful text for undergraduate students preparing for sport management careers within postsecondary institutions. This book effectively blends historical perspectives, theoretical foundations, and practical illustrations in a relevant format that addresses key issues in intercollegiate sports and campus recreation. Of particular value is the focus on people and importance of building relationships based on integrity, trust, and mutual respect." Tom Collins, associate professor of sport management, chair of Sport Studies and Physical Education, Chowan University
Author: Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers ISBN: 9780931654411 Category : College students Languages : en Pages : 0
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More than 10,000 copies of Learning Reconsidered: A Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience are in circulation on college and university campuses worldwide. The publication has been used as an invitation from student affairs educators to their colleagues in other sectors of their institutions to engage in dialogue and planning for institution-wide student learning outcomes. It has become a frequent focus of professional development programs and workshops, and is the topic of many student affairs presentations. Learning Reconsidered 2: Implementing a Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience is a blueprint for action. It shows how to create the dialogue, tools, and materials necessary to put into practice the recommendations in Learning Reconsidered. This companion book brings together new authors, discipline-specific examples, and models for applying the theories in the original publication to move beyond traditional ideas of separate learning inside and outside the classroom.
Author: Kerri L. Vasold Publisher: ISBN: 9781392074756 Category : Electronic dissertations Languages : en Pages : 108
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Recreational sports departments provide a major access point to physical activity opportunities on college campuses through programming and services. However, many are constrained by current funding environments and must demonstrate their contributions to student success in order to maintain adequate funding. Theories of student success support that involvement outside the classroom is vital to student persistence and overall academic success. Current research supports small, positive relationships between recreational sports participation and student success. However, limitations in study design and methodology are prevalent. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to further investigate relationships between recreational sports participation and academic success while addressing some of these limitations. Three studies were conducted using three different datasets. The first evaluated club and intramural sports participation and self-report grade average using a national-level dataset from the American College Health Association (ACHA) National College Health Assessment (NCHA). Study participants included those responding to the ACHA-NCHA between Fall 2008 and Fall 2010 periods (total respondents = 178,091; analytic sample = 85,316). Multinomial logistic regression was used to evaluate the role of participation in club and/or intramural sports on self-reported grade averages while adjusting for significant covariates. In general, sport participants were more likely to report higher grade averages than non-participants, and the strongest relationships were found for club sport participants. The second study investigated relationships between intramural sports participation during the first year of college and academic success indicators using an institutional dataset. Data were collected from university databases. Matched samples (N=1,796; 898 pairs) were generated based on demographic variables. Paired sample t-tests and logistic regression were used to assess differences between participants and non-participants. Participants of intramural sports earned higher grade point averages, lower credit differences (credits attempted - credits completed), were more likely to be retained after the first year, and were more likely to achieve sophomore status after the first year than non-participants. The third dissertation study involved a national-level dataset that included five years of the NASPA Assessment and Knowledge Consortium Recreation and Wellness Benchmark. This study investigated relationships between recreational sports participation (in terms of number of activities and time investment) and academic success indicators. Multinomial logistic regression was used to evaluate the role of participation on student success while adjusting for significant covariates. Students participating in a moderate number of activities and a high time investment were more likely to self-report higher anticipated term GPAs than non-users. No significant relationships were found for likelihood of retention next term. Overall, dissertation results support previous literature and suggest that recreational sports participation is positively related to academic success in college students. Additionally, two large, national datasets were evaluated and provide more generalizable results than previous work. Future research should investigate national datasets that include objectively collected data (i.e., from university databases), and further investigate frequency of participation.
Author: James L. Shulman Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400840694 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 497
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The President of Williams College faces a firestorm for not allowing the women's lacrosse team to postpone exams to attend the playoffs. The University of Michigan loses $2.8 million on athletics despite averaging 110,000 fans at each home football game. Schools across the country struggle with the tradeoffs involved with recruiting athletes and updating facilities for dozens of varsity sports. Does increasing intensification of college sports support or detract from higher education's core mission? James Shulman and William Bowen introduce facts into a terrain overrun by emotions and enduring myths. Using the same database that informed The Shape of the River, the authors analyze data on 90,000 students who attended thirty selective colleges and universities in the 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s. Drawing also on historical research and new information on giving and spending, the authors demonstrate how athletics influence the class composition and campus ethos of selective schools, as well as the messages that these institutions send to prospective students, their parents, and society at large. Shulman and Bowen show that athletic programs raise even more difficult questions of educational policy for small private colleges and highly selective universities than they do for big-time scholarship-granting schools. They discover that today's athletes, more so than their predecessors, enter college less academically well-prepared and with different goals and values than their classmates--differences that lead to different lives. They reveal that gender equity efforts have wrought large, sometimes unanticipated changes. And they show that the alumni appetite for winning teams is not--as schools often assume--insatiable. If a culprit emerges, it is the unquestioned spread of a changed athletic culture through the emulation of highly publicized teams by low-profile sports, of men's programs by women's, and of athletic powerhouses by small colleges. Shulman and Bowen celebrate the benefits of collegiate sports, while identifying the subtle ways in which athletic intensification can pull even prestigious institutions from their missions. By examining how athletes and other graduates view The Game of Life--and how colleges shape society's view of what its rules should be--Bowen and Shulman go far beyond sports. They tell us about higher education today: the ways in which colleges set policies, reinforce or neglect their core mission, and send signals about what matters.
Author: John R. Gerdy Publisher: Teachers College Press ISBN: 9780807739709 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 196
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A collection of essays in which various authors examine the educational value of sport, challenging the long-held claims that organized sports are a beneficial and relevant aspect of America's educational enterprise.
Author: National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (U.S.)
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