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Individual
and institutional challenges facing student athletes on U.S.
college campuses
Njororai Wycliffe W. Simiyu
Wiley College, 711 Wiley Avenue. Marshall, TX, 75670, Texas,
USA.
E-mail:
wsimiyu@wileyc.edu,
njororai@yahoo.com. Tel: 1-9039232446.
Accepted 27 May, 2010 |
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Student
athletes face challenges of individual nature including
their personal involvement in academic oriented activities,
time constraints, class attendance, personal goal setting
and career choices, physical and emotional fatigue,
transition to college environment and academic grades, as
well as external ones such as coach demands, institutional
policies, discrimination; marginalization from college
mainstream activities; college mission and learning
environment, and eligibility demands from National
Collegiate Athletic Association and National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics. It is prudent for college
administrators to purposely create an accommodating learning
environment as well as striving to integrate the student
athletes into college wide activities.
Key words:
Student athlete, faculty, racism, stereotype, gender
inequality, student involvement theory, intercollegiate
athletics/sports, graduation rate.
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