[Part 3 of 3. You can find Part 1- Stop Treating Coaches Like Adjunct Professors, and find Part 2- Stop Treating Collegiate Athletics Like High School Sports here.] The concept of integrating athletics and student-athletes into the overall campus experience is discussed often, and more often it is misunderstood. Much of the misunderstanding is caused […]
Stop Treating Coaches Like Adjunct Professors
Part 1 of 3 All coaches are expected to recruit, mentor, develop and support student-athletes. These are all essential elements of collegiate coaching and also part of any institution’s core mission. Tenured professors do research, publish and advise students because adjuncts are not expected to perform these core institutional functions. Coaches, especially part-timers, are often […]
The Role of Athletics in Student-Athletes’ Lives
Student-athletes are held to higher standards than the typical student. NCAA or other regulatory bodies have rules that determine eligibility in ways that theatre and music, for example, do not. Also unlike theater and music, student-athletes’ time commitments to their chosen co-curricular activity often comes into question. Is it fair? In our work and research, […]