Athletics in School

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This paper reviews a study conducted into the proper role of athletics on campus. The study examines the theory that when intercollegiate athletes' grades are examined and compared to those of regular students who do not participate in intercollegiate athletics, the overall means of course grades suggest that athletes do not do as well in the classroom as their nonathletic peers. The survey consists of a randomly selected, matched (on age and college year level) sample of collegiate athletes and non-athletes.

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"Benson (2000), in examining the academic performance of college athletes in general and Africa-American collegiate athletes in particular, has noted that a substantial number of these students arrive at college poorly prepared for academic adequacy let alone academic success. Equally significant is the fact that many student athletes, in the belief or the hope that a post-collegiate career will be based on athletic prowess or skill, fail to take advantage of the academic opportunities offered to them in either high school or college. Further, says Benson (2000), a substantial number of collegiate athletes tend to either gravitate toward or be placed in collegiate courses that offer them "easy curriculum" and facilitate maintenance of acceptable grade point averages needed to maintain eligibility."

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