M18: Advising Student-Athletes: A Collaborative Approach to Success

NEW! Advising Student-Athletes: A Collaborative Approach to Success College student-athletes are a unique population on a college campus. Advising Student-Athletes: A Collaborative Approach to Success is a monograph dedicated to educating campus professionals on how to best work collaboratively to maximize student-athlete success on campus. This monograph includes contributions by leading researchers and practitioners on key topical areas including social issues of sport, academic reform, bridging the gap between campus and athletics, unique student-athlete issues, student development theory, career considerations and ethical and legal issues. There are several case studies on subpopulations and special issues such as LGB, learning issues, two-year college transfers, international, nonrevenue sports, division 3, and mental health. Finally, hot topics are also addressed such as HBCUs, social networks, high achieving African American male student-athletes, Black female student–athletes, crisis situations and high school considerations. The reader will find several practical strategies and suggestions, in addition to discussion questions and resource listings. This monograph is a must-have for professionals on both sides of campus (regardless of the role of sport on their campus) in order to help them better serve the student-athlete population. ISBN No. 978-1-935140-18-4 Order Number:  M18 Member Price: $35 Nonmember Price: $50 Member order form Nonmember order form

Table of Contents

Introduction
Adrienne Leslie-Toogood
Emmett Gill

Social Issues of Sports
Gary Sailes and Louis Harrison

Hot Topic: Academic Advising the Student-Athlete at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Sheila A. Ward

Case Study: Responding to the needs of LGB student-athletes and their team members
Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Aarti Bajaj, Tiffany Spriggs

The Role of Academic Advisors in National Collegiate Athletic Association Academic Reform
Emmett Gill and Anton Goff

Case Study: Student-Athlete Learning Issues
Allison Lombardi

Crossing the Great Divide: Bridging the Gap between Campus Academic Advisors and Athletic Academic-Support Personnel
Liz Friedman

Hot Topic: Student-Athlete Welfare: Navigating Social Networking Web sites in College Athletics
Emmett L. Gill

Case Study: The 40/60/80 Rule and Difficulties with Majors for 2-Year College Transfers
Julie McLaughlin

Case Study: The Underprepared Student at a 2-Year College
Julie McLaughlin

Campus Collaboration
Carol A. Gruber

Case Study: International Student Athletes
Wendy LeBlanc

Hot Topic: Beyond Eligibility—Reflections of High-Achieving African American Male Student-Athletes
Brandon E. Martin

Issues Unique to Student-Athletes
Lisa Nordeen

Case Study: Nonrevenue Sports
Kimberly Cochrane

Case Study: Academic Advising with a Division III Student-Athlete
Jeana L. Magyar-Moe

Student Development Theory
Mary Howard-Hamilton and Henry Villegas

Hot Topic: Advising and Counseling Student-Athletes during Crisis Situations
Tina V. Bigante and Taunya Marie Tinsley

Case Study: Student-Athletes with Mental Health Issues
Megan Brent

A Focus on Career Considerations
Al Petitpas and Kelly O’Brien

Hot Topic: Advising and Counseling High School Student-Athletes
Taunya Marie Tinsley

Case Study: Student-Athletes at Elite Academic Schools
Leonard Zaichkowsky and Lindsay Shaw reminded 5-6

Ethical and Legal Issues in Advising Student-Athletes
Edward F. Etzel, Jack C. Watson II, and Paul Downey

Hot Topic: Advising Champions—Black Female Student-Athletes
Akilah R. Carter

Closing Comments
Adrienne Leslie-Toogood
Emmett Gill

Exemplary Practices
Explanation of Exemplary Practices

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College—
Julie McLaughlin & Joyce Rimlinger

Thornton Athletics Student Life Center, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville—
Eric Brey

St. John’s University—
Nancy S. Kaplan
Eric Rienecker
Emily Parella
Vincent Mannese

The Bickerstaff Center for Student-Athlete Academic Services, California State University, Long Beach—
Gayle B. Fenton

Academic Support for Student Athletes, Institution: North Carolina State University—
Philip Moses

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