Impact of Campus Recreational Sports Facilities and Programs on Recruitment and Retention among African American Students: A Pilot Study

Recreational Sports Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Lindsey, Robert ^a   Sessoms, Eugene ^b   Willis, Georgia ^a  

^a JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

African American college students; campus recreational sports; student recruitment and retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928684668     PISSN: 15588661     EISSN: 1558867X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/rsj.33.1.25     Document Type: Article

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