Report and Recommendations on Intercollegiate Athletics [microform] : Effect of 2.0 GPA Requirements, Status of Women's Athletic Programs, Impact of Part-Time Coaches, Types of Units Used To Satisfy Transfer Requirements. Community College Issues, Volume 1, Number 5, April 1988 / Robert Jensen and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5496726
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Jensen, Robert
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 37 p.
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In 1987-88, the Commission on Athletics' Research Committee of the California Association of Community Colleges undertook a study of the effects of the requirement that college athletes maintain a 2.0 grade point average (GPA), the status of women's sports, the use of part-time coaches, and the types of courses used to satisfy transfer requirements. A questionnaire was mailed to the men's and women's athletic directors of the 96 California community colleges that offer intercollegiate athletic programs. Study findings, based on a 75% response rate, included the following: (1) because of the 2.0 GPA requirement, a total of 511 of approximately 8,000 returning student athletes were ineligible for further sports competition; (2) football and men's track and field lost the largest number of athletes, while women's swimming lost the least; (3) while 97 new programs were added to the women's athletics programs at the colleges, 127 programs were deleted; (4) the sports that were most frequently added to the women's athletics programs were cross country and softball, while gymnastics and basketball were the most frequently deleted; (5) respondents indicated that the support provided to women's programs in terms of funds, public information, and facilities, was strong and comparable to that provided to men's programs; (6) over 50% of the respondents indicated that the number of part-time head and assistant coaches had increased over the past ten years; (7) about 52% of all assistant and head coaches, male and female, were employed full-time; and (8) approximately 284 of the more than 20,000 student athletes had transferred from one community college to another to satisfy eligibility requirements. Recommendations based on study findings are included in the report. (AAZC)
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- Availability: Community College Issues Subscriptions, California Association of Community Colleges, 2017 "O" St., Sacramento, CA 95814 ($30.00 per six-issue volume).
- Educational level discussed: Two Year Colleges.
- Practitioners.
- Community College Issues, v1 n5 Apr 1988.
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- California Association of Community Colleges, Sacramento
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