Title

Scholar-Baller®: Student Athlete Socialization, Motivation And Academic Performance In American Society

Keywords

Academic reform movement; Academics; Athletics; College; Education; Entertainment; High school; Life skills; National collegiate athletic association (NCAA); Popular culture; Scholar-Baller; Sport; Student-athlete; ThinkMan; ThinkWoman

Abstract

A Scholar-Baller is someone who succeeds academically and athletically/socially. Scholar-Baller is a nonprofit organization that has developed and implemented culturally relevant incentive-based educational programs at the high school and college levels to help bridge the gap between education, sport, and popular culture, to help reposition the current model of sport in American society and to help create a new mindset among student-athletes in terms of their perceptions about education, sport, and career aspirations. Scholar-Baller, which is endorsed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), provides innovative incentives to recognize academic achievements of student-athletes who attain a high grade point average (GPA) or who demonstrate significant academic improvement. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

12-1-2010

Publication Title

International Encyclopedia of Education

Number of Pages

860-865

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01549-9

Socpus ID

84884447843 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84884447843

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