The Transition Out of Sport: A Case of College Athletics and Academic Support Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Anya T. Eicher ◽  
James E. Johnson ◽  
Phoebe Campbell ◽  
Benjamin J. Downs
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
College Athletics ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Intercollegiate Sport ◽  
Academic Support Personnel ◽  
Management Students ◽  
Adjustment Issues

As the commercialization of intercollegiate sport continues to grow, it is critical to understand how transitioning away from college athletics may impact student-athletes. Sport administrators, coaches, academic support personnel, and players should be aware of how athletic identity, unpreparedness, and a lack of social connection can drastically impact student-athletes postsport. Understanding the adjustment issues associated with transition away from sport is crucial in developing policies and support services to effectively help struggling student-athletes. Sport management students are particularly important in the transition because they will be at the forefront of programming efforts. In addition, sport management students need to be exposed to the issue of athlete identity and adjustment in order to act in the best interests of student-athletes. The discussion questions provide an opportunity for sport management students to critically evaluate these issues from a multitude of perspectives.

Advising Student Athletes: An Examination of Academic Support Programs with High Graduation Rates

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 50-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy L. Gaston-Gayles
Keyword(s):  
Graduation Rates ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Division I ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Student Athlete ◽  
Academic Support Services ◽  
Academic Support Programs

Seven directors of academic support services for student athletes with relatively high graduation rates were interviewed about the elements of their programs that contribute to student athlete success. Data on current graduation rates among six Division I-A conferences and the results from interviews with directors are presented. Implications for administrators of academic support programs and advisors of student athletes are discussed.

scholarly journals Linked(In)g Sport Management Education with the Sport Industry: A Preliminary Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2275
Author(s):  
Samuel López-Carril ◽  
Miguel Villamón ◽  
María Huertas González-Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Sport Industry ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Management Students ◽  
The Impact

Social media are one of the most valuable management tools used by sport managers in the fulfilment of their daily tasks. However, the studies that share and analyse the impact of educational experiences that incorporate social media into sport management education for professional purposes are scarce to date. Thus, this study presents an educational innovation piloted in a sport management course where LinkedIn—the social media most associated with the professional sphere—is introduced through an experiential learning methodology, as a driver of students’ career development and as a tool to keep up to date and interact with the sport industry. To assess the learning outcomes, a new scale was developed and tested. A total of 90 Spanish undergraduate sport management students (M = 22.71; SD = 3.84) participated in the study, partaking in a pre-test and a post-test. Regarding the results linked to the testing of the scale, the statistical analysis reflects the scale’s two-dimensional nature, explaining 68.78% of the variance, presenting good psychometric properties (α = 0.95). On the other hand, significant increases in all the scale items between the two measures were obtained, with large effects size in the two dimensions (Cohen’s d ≥ 0.80). Therefore, it is concluded that LinkedIn can help to develop the professional profile of sport management students, Linked(In)g what is taught in the classroom with what the sport industry demands.

An examination of division I athletic-academic support services facilities and staffing

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 220-239
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Judge ◽  
Jeffrey C. Petersen ◽  
James Johnson ◽  
David M. Bellar ◽  
Brianna Leitzelar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
Division I ◽  
Academic Support Services ◽  
Athletic Academic Support

Intercollegiate Athletics in Canadian Universities: Perspectives on the Future

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Danylchuk ◽  
Joanne MacLean
Keyword(s):  
Intercollegiate Athletics ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Athletic Administrators ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Intercollegiate Sport ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

As the new millennium begins, we find intercollegiate sport in Canadian universities at a crossroads. Although the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU), the governing body for university sport in Canada, has a history of recurring issues and challenges, further change is imminent. This paper provides the perspective of two Canadian intercollegiate athletic administrators and sport management academicians on the future of intercollegiate sport in Canada by focusing on five major areas of concern: (a) diversity, (b) governance, (c) funding of athletics, (d) the role and value of athletics, and (e) the changing environmental context of the university. The authors conclude that university sport in Canada will remain embedded within the non-profit, amateur fabric of the Canadian sporting milieu characterized by a participant rather than spectator focus, men's sport domination, decreased funding sources, and pressures to justify its role and value within a rapidly changing environment. The diversity evident throughout the CIAU will continue to have a compelling impact on the organization.

scholarly journals Clinic, courtroom or (specialist) committee: in the best interests of the critically Ill child?

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 471-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Huxtable
Keyword(s):  
Critically Ill ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Ethics Support ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
Critically Ill Child ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Promising Development ◽  
Specialist Committee

Law’s processes are likely always to be needed when particularly intractable conflicts arise in relation to the care of a critically ill child like Charlie Gard. Recourse to law has its merits, but it also imposes costs, and the courts’ decisions about the best interests of such children appear to suffer from uncertainty, unpredictability and insufficiency. The insufficiency arises from the courts’ apparent reluctance to enter into the ethical dimensions of such cases. Presuming that such reflection is warranted, this article explores alternatives to the courts, and in particular the merits of specialist ethics support services, which appear to be on the rise in the UK. Such specialist services show promise, as they are less formal and adversarial than the courts and they appear capable of offering expert ethical advice. However, further research is needed into such services – and into generalist ethics support services – in order to gauge whether this is indeed a promising development.

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