Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Toward the Role of Inter collegiate Athletics in Selected Institutions of Higher Education written by William D. Neal and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigated the attitudes of faculty members toward the role of intercollegiate athletics in selected institutions of higher education. The perceptions of the faculty members were collected by means of a questionnaire comprised of three sections: Section 1 requested demographic data; Section 2 requested responses to forty-eight items relating to intercollegiate athletics, and Section 3 requested additional comments, A five-point Likert scale containing five response categories including strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, and strongly disagree was utilized in Section 2. The forty-eight items included in the questionnaire were formulated primarily through the literature review, and from discussions with leading experts in the field. These items were divided into one of the five following topic areas: policies and policy determination, financial considerations, coaching staff, current trends, and philosophical considerations. The colleges and universities used in the study were chosen on a random basis from within the Big-Ten Athletic Conference, the MidAmerican Athletic Conference, and The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. These Conferences were selected on the basis of the diverse range in enrollments and athletic philosophies of the member institutions as well as the geographic proximity. Over 1,000 questionnaires were sent to randomly selected full-time faculty members at the selected colleges and universities, with a return of slightly better than 51%. Analysis of the data included a total frequency count for each item as well as an item mean. A one-way analysis of variance was computed to test for significant differences between the mean responses of faculty member's at institutions within one conference when compared to the mean responses of those faculty members at institutions within the other two conferences. When the one-way analysis of variance indicated significant differences between the three groups beyond the .05 level, the T-method developed by Tukey was utilized to determine if there were significant differences between all of the means. The findings of the study indicate that intercollegiate athletics appear to be an integral part of the total educational program at the college and university level. However, it is apparent from the data that there is need for constant evaluation and control of intercollegiate athletic programs to maintain a philosophy of athletics consistent with educational goals. The "big-buslness" aura of intercollegiate athletics present in many institutions of higher education was seen as highly undesirable. A reduced emphasis on intercollegiate athletics and an increased emphasis on intramural programs was stressed
Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Toward Intercollegiate Athletics at Colleges and Universities Belonging to Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics written by Gilbert Quinton Norman and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to compare the attitudes of faculty at: (1) Division I NCAA and NAIA institutions, (2) Division I and II NAIA institutions on selected issues related to intercollegiate athletics, and (3) Division I NCAA and NAIA institutions toward selected issues related to intercollegiate athletics when demographics variables are considered. The survey instrument included forty statements and used a five-point Likert scale with possible responses of strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree. The population was resident, full-time faculty members. The sample was selected from the population using random techniques. The survey instrument which included demographic information, was sent to the selected faculty from the NCAA Division I (N = 656) and the NAIA (N = 632). The problem was to determine if there were significant differences between the attitudes of the faculties. Hypothesis I stated there was a significant difference between the NCAA Division I and NAIA faculty in their attitudes toward intercollegiate athletics. Hypothesis II stated there was a significant difference between the NAIA Division I and II faculty members in their attitudes toward intercollegiate athletics. Hypothesis III stated there was a significant difference between NCAA Division I and NAIA faculty in their attitudes toward intercollegiate athletics when demographic information is concerned. The statistical test used was Chi-Square with a.05 alpha level. NCAA Division I faculty were more critical of intercollegiate athletics than NAIA faculty on most issues. They were more suspicious about the academic integrity of student athletes and the progress of gender equity. Both NCAA Division I and NAIA faculties were in agreement that intercollegiate athletics is valuable to student athletes and their institutions. There was little difference between the attitude of NAIA Division I and NAIA Division II faculty members. The main conclusion was that there is a significant difference between NCAA Division I and NAIA faculty attitudes. The faculty at NCAA institutions tended to be more critical of intercollegiate athletics.
Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Toward NCAA Division III Athletic Programs written by Jeffrey Stanton Noble and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes of college faculty at NCAA Division III institutions toward issues related to their school's intercollegiate athletic program. The survey instrument contained fifty statements regarding intercollegiate athletics at the respondent's institution, and eight questions which requested specific demographic information. The population sample used for this study were faculty employed at NCAA Division III institutions whose athletic programs ranked in the top three and bottom seven placings of the final 2003 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Director's Cup standings. Results indicated no significant differences when attitudes of faculty at successful and unsuccessful schools were compared toward the role of athletics at the university and issues pertaining to leadership in athletics. However, faculty members from schools with successful athletic programs displayed more favorable attitudes toward their athletic programs than faculty members from institutions with unsuccessful programs regarding their perception of the image of athletics in higher education. Faculty from physical education/kinesiology showed more favorable attitudes toward their athletic programs than faculty from other departments concerning the role of athletics at the university and perception of the image of athletics. Differences in attitudes were also evident between male and female faculty members regarding their perception of athletics, as males representing schools with successful athletic programs were inclined to possess less favorable attitudes than males representing schools with unsuccessful programs. In contrast, female faculty members from successful schools showed more favorable attitudes than their female counterparts from schools with unsuccessful athletic programs. Faculty members from schools with successful programs with less than 20 years of experience teaching in higher education showed more favorable attitudes than their counterparts from unsuccessful athletic program schools in the same years of experience group. Teaching experience at NCAA Division III schools and faculty members with previous ties to intercollegiate athletics showed significant differences between successful and unsuccessful program faculty regarding the perception of the image of athletics in higher education. In both, faculty from schools with successful athletic programs displayed attitudes that were less favorable than faculty from schools with unsuccessful athletic programs.
Download or read book College and University Administrator s Attitudes Toward the Values of Intercollegiate Athletics at Selected NCAA Division I II and III Institutions written by Jack Allen Garrett and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Towards Intercollegiate Athletics at NCAA Division I and NCAA Division III Institutions written by Travis R. Feezell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Towards College Athletics and the Academic Competency of Student athletes at a NCAA Division I Institution written by Christopher Atwater and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this investigation was to examine faculty attitudes towards the role of college athletics and the academic competency of student-athletes at a NCAA Division-I Institution. By analyzing faculty attitudes, this study contributes to a better understanding of factors associated with how educators view athletics in higher education and how they develop their attitudes towards student-athletes from an academic perspective. Though prior research indicates quantitatively that faculty possess distinct views of these concepts, there was a gap between measured attitudes and known factors that contribute to these attitudes. By analyzing both quantitative and qualitative results, this investigation advanced the knowledge base of what factors, themes and trends exist in relation to faculty attitudes towards college athletics and the academic competency of student-athletes. Furthermore, by identifying relevant factors, this study may serve future practitioners by helping them hone techniques for successful and perceived change of the college experience for student-athletes in higher education.
Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Toward Intercollegiate Athletics and Student Athletes written by Jane Alexander Scroggs and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book College and University Administrators Attitudes Toward the Values of Intercollegiate Athletics at Selected NCAA Division I II and III Institutions written by Jack Allen Garrett and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University written by James J. Duderstadt and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of domination on campus, college sports' supremacy has begun to weaken. "Enough, already!" detractors cry. College is about learning, not chasing a ball around to the whir of TV cameras. In Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University James Duderstadt agrees, taking the view that the increased commercialization of intercollegiate athletics endangers our universities and their primary goal, academics. Calling it a "corrosive example of entertainment culture" during an interview with ESPN's Bob Ley, Duderstadt suggested that college basketball, for example, "imposes on the university an alien set of values, a culture that really is not conducive to the educational mission of university." Duderstadt is part of a growing controversy. Recently, as reported in The New York Times, an alliance between university professors and college boards of trustees formed in reaction to the growth of college sports; it's the first organization with enough clout to challenge the culture of big-time university athletics. This book is certainly part of that challenge, and is sure to influence this debate today and in the years to come. James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan.
Download or read book Introduction to Intercollegiate Athletics written by Eddie Comeaux and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive critical exploration of the intricacies of college-level athletics. Intercollegiate athletics continue to bedevil American higher education. At once tied closely with their institutions, athletic programs often operate outside the traditional university governance structure while contributing significantly to a school's culture, identity, and financial outlook. Introduction to Intercollegiate Athletics, edited by Eddie Comeaux, explores the complexities of intercollegiate athletics while explaining the organizational structures, key players, terms, and important issues most relevant to the growing but often misunderstood fields of recreational studies, sports management, and athletic administration. The book is divided into eight sections, the first three of which describe the foundations, overarching structures, and conditions that shape athletics and higher education. Three others explore the ways college athletes experience life on campus, and the final two delve into the current and future policy contexts of intercollegiate athletics. Written by a diverse group of expert scholars, the book's twenty-eight chapters are enhanced with useful glossaries, reflections from athletics stakeholders, relevant case studies, and conversation-provoking discussion questions. Aimed at upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, teachers, practitioners, athletic administrators, and advocates of intercollegiate athletics, Introduction to Intercollegiate Athletics provides readers with up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge about the changes to—and challenges faced by—university athletics programs.
Download or read book The Old College Try written by John R. Thelin and published by School of Education and Human Development George Wash Univer. This book was released on 1989 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the literature and institutional practice concerned with intercollegiate sports in higher education. Six sections cover the following topics: (1) academics and athletics (e.g., trends in research and scholarship and a framework for institutional analysis); (2) fiscal fitness: the peculiar economics of intercollegiate athletics (e.g. why expenses for college sports are so high and philanthropy and fund raising); (3) public policy and intercollegiate athletics programs (e.g., accountability, compliance, and other aspects of paying the price of nonprofit status, and colleges and the courts as illustrated by the case of television); (4) presidential leadership (e.g., the prescribed presidential role and problems of presidential leadership); (5) intercollegiate athletics and institutionalized administration (e.g. faculty involvement and the athletics director); and (6) educational mission, academic structure, and intercollegiate athletics policy, including recommendations for reform (e.g. structural models and institutional mission and from mission statements to self-study and accountability). Contains approximately 140 references. (SM)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives of the Athletic Committees Or Boards of Control of the Following Universities Chicago Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Northwestern Purdue Wisconsin written by Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Who Calls the Shots Sports and University Leadership Culture and Decision Making written by Suzanne E. Estler and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intercollegiate athletic programs continue to grow to financially, physically, and ethically challenged levels, despite institutions' stated priorities to the contrary. Organizational theories offer lenses for understanding why colleges and universities appear to make athletics decisions that do not seem to be in their interests. Exploring the forces—structural, legal, social and cultural, and market—external to the institution leads to an understanding of the environment’s role in constraining campus leaders’ choices. The challenge is how to reap educational, social, and economic benefits from sports programs without harming the institution's academic and moral integrity. This volume explores how relatively independent forces constrain the ability of institutional, athletics, and faculty leaders to limit perceived excesses in the growth of intercollegiate athletics programs on their campuses and nationally. Academic and athletic cultures; historical precedent; external organizations and constituencies; external laws and regulations; and markets for athletics-related materials, entertainment, student-atheletes, and professionals: all bring outside forces to bear on the college culture, leadership, and decision making. This monograph explores how the unintended interactions of these forces constrain campus leadership of intercollegiate athletics and consider the resulting policy and leadership implications. It examines the unique historical role of football—and its associated commercialization and culture of masculinity—as shaping the foundational structure and regulation of college sports. The monograph concludes with campus leadership strategies and recommendations. This is Volume 30, Issue 6 of the of the ASHE Higher Education Report series.
Download or read book The Role of Faculty Governance in Intercollegiate Athletics written by Gary F. Karner and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Games Colleges Play written by John R. Thelin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-11-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a new introduction by the author, the paperback edition of Games Colleges Play chronicles the history of intercollegiate athletics from 1910 to 1990. Featuring a new introduction by the author, the paperback edition of Games Colleges Play chronicles the history of intercollegiate athletics from 1910 to 1990—from the early, glory days of Knute Rockne and the Gipper to the modern era of big budgets, powerful coaches, and pampered players. John Thelin describes how sports programs—although seldom accorded official mention with teaching and research in the university mission statement—have become central to university life. As administrators search for a proper balance between athletics and academics, Thelin observes, this peculiar institution grows increasingly powerful and controversial. Thelin examines the 1929 Carnegie Foundation Report, the formation of major athletic conferences, the national college basketball scandals after World War II, the dissolution of the Pacific Coast Conference in the 1950s, and the Knight Foundation Report of 1991. He finds disturbing patterns of abuse and limited reform and explores the implications of these patterns for today's college presidents, faculty, and students. Games Colleges Play provides historical background that will inform current policy discussions about the proper place of intercollegiate athletics within the American university.
Download or read book The Prof Versus the Owl written by Robert C. Baumgartner and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Toward Intercollegiate Athletics at Arizona s State supported Universities written by Anthony David Armenta and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
