TY - JOUR
T1 - Who or What Are Graduate(d) Student-Athletes?: Defining a Misunderstood Sub-Population
AU - Haslerig, Siduri
N1 - Adler, P., & Adler, P. A. (1985). From idealism to pragmatic detachment: The academic performance of college athletes. American Sociological Association, 58(4), 241-250. http://doi.org/10.2307/2112226 Adler, P., A., & Adler, P. (1991). Backboards and blackboards: College athletes role engulfment. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. Adler, P.A., & Adler, P. (1999).
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - After reading Columbus Dispatch’s cover story “Battle of Brothers” about the upcoming collegiate football game in which my two youngest cousins—who are brothers—would face each other, I was annoyed. The article used the term “fifth year senior” to describe the elder brother, which struck me because it was juxtaposed with a description of his younger brother as a “third-year junior”—not only making a fifth year seem aberrant, but also transforming a purely athletic achievement (playing as a freshman) into a disingenuous testament to his academic progress. Yet, as a collegiate athlete under the purview of the NCAA, the elder brother was a “fifth-year senior” in his final year of eligibility despite having walked at graduation the year before, completing an internship, and starting coursework toward a graduate degree.
AB - After reading Columbus Dispatch’s cover story “Battle of Brothers” about the upcoming collegiate football game in which my two youngest cousins—who are brothers—would face each other, I was annoyed. The article used the term “fifth year senior” to describe the elder brother, which struck me because it was juxtaposed with a description of his younger brother as a “third-year junior”—not only making a fifth year seem aberrant, but also transforming a purely athletic achievement (playing as a freshman) into a disingenuous testament to his academic progress. Yet, as a collegiate athlete under the purview of the NCAA, the elder brother was a “fifth-year senior” in his final year of eligibility despite having walked at graduation the year before, completing an internship, and starting coursework toward a graduate degree.
UR - https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5267.2017.1.2.110-122
U2 - 10.15763/issn.2376-5267.2017.1.2.110-122
DO - 10.15763/issn.2376-5267.2017.1.2.110-122
M3 - Article
VL - 1
JO - Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation
JF - Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation
IS - 2
ER -