New Directions Inst Rsrch 144 - Softcover

Hoffman, Jennifer L.

9780470608289: New Directions Inst Rsrch 144

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470608285 ISBN 13: 9780470608289

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2009

This volume introduces the reader to the primary and secondary sources of data on college athletics and their utility for decision making. The authors describe the existing landscape of data about student athletes and intercollegiate athletics and the measures that are still needed. Topics include:

Finances and college athletics
Making money -- or not -- on college sports
The student athlete experience
Gender equity, sport sponsorship, and participation
Data-driven decision making in practice: the NCAA Injury Surveillance System
College athletics and student achievement: the evidence at small colleges
The collection and use of academic outcomes data by the NCAA
Decision making in hiring: intercollegiate athletics coaches and staff
Faculty perception of intercollegiate athletics

Data related to intercollegiate athletics are often a small part of campus financial and academic data reporting, but they generate significant interest at any institution that sponsors varsity sports. The demands for documentation, accountability and data-driven decision making related to college athletics have grown increasingly sophisticated. These demands come from the press, campus decision makers, researchers, state and federal agencies, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the public. Despite the growth of data sources and the ease of access that information technology affords, gaps still exist between what we think we know about college athletics and supporting data. The challenge for institutional researchers is to continue developing consistent data sources that inform the policy and governance of college athletics.

This is the 144th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education report series New Directions for Institutional Research. Always timely and comprehensive, New Directions for Institutional Research provides planners and administrators in all types of academic institutions with guidelines in such areas as resource coordination, information analysis, program evaluation, and institutional management.

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About the Author:

Jennifer Lee Hoffman s a research associate with the Center for Leadership in Athletics at the University of Washington.

James Soto Antony is professor in educational leadership and policy, director of the Center for Leadership in Athletics, and associate vice provost and associate dean for academic affairs in the Graduate School at the University of Washington.

Daisy D. Alfaro is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program and research assistant in the Center for Leadership in Athletics at the University of Washington.

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