Abstract
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.
Description
This article was originally published in the Journal of Physical Education and Sports Management.
Publisher
Journal of Physical Education and Sports Management
Date of publication
5-2010
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/457
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Simiyu, Wycliffe Njororai, "Individual and institutional challenges facing student athletes on U.S. college campuses" (2010). Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 1.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/457