Factors Associated With Academic Performance And Retention Of Academically At Risk Freshman Student Athletes

Download or read book Factors Associated with Academic Performance and Retention of Academically "at-risk" Freshman Student-athletes written by Kelly Ann Hewitt and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to identify student and institutional characteristics related to attrition and retention among academically "at-risk" Pac-10 freshman student-athletes. The intent of this research was to determine factors that influence the academic performance of academically at-risk student-athletes with the intention of increasing the persistence and, therefore, graduation rates of this population. A total of 200 questionnaires were mailed to the eight public PAC-10 institutions. A total of 48 usable individual questionnaires from six institutions were returned resulting in a response rate of 24 percent. Eleven student-athletes were female and 37 were male. Three female and 22 male student-athletes were deficient (cumulative GPA of less than 2.0). Eight female and 15 male student-athletes were successful (cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher)