Intercollegiate athletes and effective educational practices: Winning combination or losing effort?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 709-733

  Umbach, Paul D ^a   Palmer, Megan M ^b   Kuh, George D ^c   Hannah, Stephanie J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective education practices; Student engagement; Student athletes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744827396     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-006-9012-9     Document Type: Article

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