The Influence of Student Engagment and Sport Participation on College Outcomes Among Division I Student Athletes

• DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0051
• Publication Date: 2009-06-07T13:01:21Z
• Authors: Joy Gaston Gayles; Shouping Hu
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0503 education

This study examined factors related to student athletes’ engagement in educationally purposeful activities and the impact of their experiences on cognitive and affective outcomes. We found that background characteristics have little influence on the extent to which student athletes engage in educational activities; however, engagement had positive effects on college outcomes.