Background/Context The essay provides a comprehensive review of work by economists
and others in related quantitative disciplines on the transition of students to college. A …

Empirical studies have produced mixed results on the relationship between a school's sports
success and the quantity and quality of students that apply to the school. This study uses two …

The place of athletics in American higher education has been defended and criticized for
well over one hundred years (Camp, 1893). Having become such a popular cultural …

To determine the impact on the academic mission, the models in this study test whether
there is statistical evidence that student graduation rates or alumni giving rates are …

The purpose of this study was to investigate coaches' perspectives on the personal
development student-athletes experience through interuniversity sport. Additionally, it …

Do events irrelevant to politics affect citizens' political opinions? A growing literature
suggests that such events (eg, athletic competitions, shark attacks) do in fact shape political …

After nearly 30 years of research, the disparate findings of studies examining the influence of
intercollegiate athletics on private, individual giving to higher education institutions have …

This study analyzed undergraduate students'(n= 280) attitudes toward selected social
factors that would influence and discourage student persistence at a four-year research …

Intercollegiate sports are said to generate positive advertising that produces many benefits
to the host school. Donations, applications, and the academic quality of the student body are …

The role played by collegiate athletics in furthering the mission of institutions of higher
education has been one of the more active research streams in the economics literature …