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Becoming Their People: The Impact of a Faculty and Staff Mentor Program to Improve Sense of Belonging and Persistence Rates of DIII First-Year Football Student Athletes
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Michael Christopher McKinney – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Due to its emphasis on academics and exclusion of athletic scholarships, the NCAA's Division III (DIII) is often praised by coaches, media, and higher education leaders for offering the purest form of collegiate athletics. However, the academics-first philosophy and higher graduation rates the NCAA celebrates for most of its sports are not…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Student Athletes, Team Sports, African American Students