Implementing Student-Athlete Programming: A Guide for Supporting College Athlete [Paperback]

In Implementing Student-Athlete Programming, scholar-practitioners provide an approachable and comprehensive overview of how to design, implement, and sustain best practices in the growing area of student-athlete development. Exploring research approaches and critical frames for thinking about student-athlete programming while covering topics such as the current context, challenges, programmatic approaches to support, and trends for the future, this resource also highlights programs that are effective in supporting students to success. This book provides higher education practitioners with the tools they need to effectively work with student-athletes to not only transition to college, but to develop meaningful personal, social, career, and leadership development experiences as they prepare for the transition to life after sport.

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction, Context, and Chapter Overviews

Chapter 2: Contemporary Context of Athletics in Higher Education

Chapter 3: The Student-Athlete Experience: Opportunities and Challenges

Chapter 4: Programs That Support Student-Athletes

Chapter 5: Program Models across Divisions: Cases at Divisions I, II, and III

Chapter 6: Assessment and Data-Driven Practices in Intercollegiate Athletics

Chapter 7: Cross-Program Collaboration and Strategic Partnerships: Evolving Models of Strategic Partnership and Inter-Program Collaboration in Athletics

Chapter 8: The Future of Student-Athlete Development

In Implementing Student Athlete Programming, scholar-practitioners provide an approachable and comprehensive overview of how to design, implement, and sustain best practices in the growing area of student-athlete development.

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