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Athletics and Academic Achievement: News and Articles


In the Press

The Berkeleyan, 10/14/2004 Achievement: It’s not all on the field
Grad students apply sports experiences to their research on athletes and academics
LA Times, 9/05/2004 He Shoots, He Scores, He Studies

 

Journal Articles

International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2003 Race and Penalized Sports Behaviors (PDF), Simons
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/27/2002 Graduation Rates for College Athletes Hit All-Time High (PDF)
Journal of College Reading and Learning, Spring 2000 Noncognitive Predictors of Student Athletes' Academic Performance, Simons & Van Rheenen (PDF)
Journal of College Student Development, 1999 Academic Motivation and the Student Athlete, Simons, H, Van Rheenen, D. & Covington, M.
Children's Folklore Review Boys Who Play Hopscotch, Van Rheenen