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We used logistical regression in an examination of noncognitive, cognitive, and demographic factors as predictors of academic success and retention of Division I first-year student-athletes.

The article presents a study which examined the extent of differences in pre-college characteristics and academic performance between African American male student-athletes and their student-athlete peers.

Written by a team of authors with first-hand experience working with student athletes and transitional programs, the volume argues that institutional attention must be directed at caring for the personal and intellectual growth of student athletes.

This article describes a unique, collaborative model for supporting college athletes at a Division II campus.

This study examined a program to improve the academic success and retention of student athletes at a target community college in central Illinois.

It is well documented that student-athletes underperform academically. Some researchers have suggested that this underperformance is because student-athletes lack motivation in academic endeavors. In contrast, we find that most student-athletes hold positive private attitudes towards academic achievement, but also believe that their peers do not.

Through a purposeful distribution of surveys to IS community colleges in the southern United States, 104 responses were received and used in data analysis.

This chapter focuses on how student services support community college student athletes. Included are policy recommendations to help institutions develop programs to facilitate community college student athletes' current and future academic success.

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