Considerations for expanding, eliminating, and maintaining community college athletic teams and programs

Lawrence, Heather J.; Mullin, Christopher M.; Horton, David

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“…Three primary governing bodies oversee community college athletics: the National Junior College Athletic Association, serving 525 colleges in 24 regions; the California Community College Athletic Association, serving 105 colleges in California; and the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges, serving colleges in Oregon, Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. 13 Despite the lack of fanfare and financial gains of community college athletics, nearly 60% of these institutions continue to support such programmes, 14 and the numbers of students engaging in community college athletics can be expected to continue to expand. 13 Although increasing numbers of students are participating in community college athletics, research at this level remains limited.…”

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“…13 Despite the lack of fanfare and financial gains of community college athletics, nearly 60% of these institutions continue to support such programmes, 14 and the numbers of students engaging in community college athletics can be expected to continue to expand. 13 Although increasing numbers of students are participating in community college athletics, research at this level remains limited. 13 This study focused on understanding concussion education at community colleges, and in particular, knowledge levels of these student-athletes.…”

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“…13 Although increasing numbers of students are participating in community college athletics, research at this level remains limited. 13 This study focused on understanding concussion education at community colleges, and in particular, knowledge levels of these student-athletes. The purpose of this mixed method study was to understand the relationship between level of concussion knowledge and reporting behaviours in community college student-athletes.…”

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Concussion reporting behaviours of community college student-athletes and limits of transferring concussion knowledge during the stress of competition

Chinn

Porter

2016

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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Concussion education for student-athletes is mandated by several states and is becoming an integral component of concussion management programmes; however, little is known about student-athlete concussion knowledge and self-reporting of suspected concussion. This study explored to what extent collegiate student-athletes are knowledgeable on the topic of concussion, the relationship between having concussion knowledge and reporting behaviours, and factors contributing to not reporting when education has been provided.MethodMixed method explanatory design. The Rosenbaum Concussion Knowledge and Attitudes Survey was administered to 986 community college student-athletes from 6 sports. Follow-up qualitative interviews were conducted using purposive sampling.ResultsConcussion knowledge scores positively correlated with number of times concussion education was received, but were not associated with reporting of concussion. Of respondents with a history of concussion, 64% stated that they reported all of their concussions. The highest ranked reason given for not reporting concussion was, “I was into the game/practice and didn't realize I had a concussion at the time.” Qualitative analysis revealed physiologically related and attitudinal factors particular to competition that precluded participants’ identification and reporting of concussion.ConclusionsDespite receiving concussion education, student-athletes may not be cognizant of a possible concussion particularly during the stress of competition. Results indicate that alternate methods of providing concussion education that can affect knowledge transfer should be explored: providing education in the settings where student-athletes practice and compete, incorporating a kinaesthetic or procedural learning approach to concussion education, and addressing the social and attitudinal aspects of concussion reporting.

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Concussion reporting behaviours of community college student-athletes and limits of transferring concussion knowledge during the stress of competition

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Porter

2016

BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med

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“…While athletics should tie to the mission of the institution and the mission for the community college may be to serve its district, athletics can support this mission even if students come from out of district (Lawrence et al, 2009;Williams & Pennington, 2006).…”

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“…First, they increase enrollment and spending in the community; but, more importantly, they can alter the nature of the campus community and student life perspective, changing it for other students enrolled on the campus. There are colleges, particularly in times of financial constraints, which attempt to drop programs due to financial distress; but, it appears that community college presidents do not necessarily understand the full economic impact of an athletic program, even ones generating small attendance (Lawrence et al, 2009) nor necessarily how to even begin an athletic program (Williams, 2008). This can result in athletic programs being labeled erroneously as a financial loss and unnecessary (Goff, 2000;Goss, Jubenville, & Orejan, 2006).…”

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Community college athletes: The influence of the chance to compete on college choice

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Intercollegiate athletes are an important and viable group of students for many colleges, including community colleges. These students can add to the student life experience, increase exposure of institution to the community, and enhance enrollment. Despite the large number of community college athletes, there is little literature on the experiences, recruitment, and college choice patterns of community college athletes. Currently, there are a few studies on college choice of college athletes; however, most of this literature focuses on athletes in powerhouse programs. There are also studies on college choice of community college students; however, this literature generally does not focus on particular segments of traditional aged students. Thus, there is a paucity of literature on the college choice patterns of community college athletes. Given the trend for smaller four-year colleges to use athletics for enrollment management and the declining population in some areas where community colleges are struggling to diversify enrollment, it seems prudent to understand the factors influencing community college athletes' college choice. This study developed a survey and identified factors that influenced college choice of community college athletes. It also examined the relationship between college choice factors and affirmation of choice of college. The study was conducted at eight community colleges and descriptive statistics were used to determine the background of participants. Factor analysis was conducted to reduce the 47 items into fewer, related variables and logistic regression was used to examine the relationship of college choice factors to affirmation of choice. viii Results of the study identified the background and characteristics of the athletes, the factors influencing college choice, differences in the factors with various populations, and then the relationship of the factors to affirmation of choice. Results indicated that various attributes associated with the opportunity to engage in intercollegiate athletics were critical to college choice. Chapter describes the epistemology and theoretical perspective used in this study as well as the methodology, variables, survey construction, sampling techniques, data analysis procedures, delimitations, limitations, and ethical issues. Chapter 4 gives the survey administration process, data analysis and results. Finally, Chapter 5 discusses the data analysis and results, implications for practitioners as well as researchers, and then potential directions for future research. Chapter 4 presents the results of an analysis of the quantitative data. Finally, Chapter

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College choice processes and experiences of Latino/a/x student-athletes in the community college context

Martínez

2018

Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education

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Considerations for expanding, eliminating, and maintaining community college athletic teams and programs

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Concussion reporting behaviours of community college student-athletes and limits of transferring concussion knowledge during the stress of competition

Concussion reporting behaviours of community college student-athletes and limits of transferring concussion knowledge during the stress of competition

Community college athletes: The influence of the chance to compete on college choice

College choice processes and experiences of Latino/a/x student-athletes in the community college context

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