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The research was designed to determine the outdoor recreation: activities of 73311 State University students and the reasons influencing their selection. Differences in outdoor recreation activities and the reasons for their selection between male and female students, among freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate students, and according to sex and year of attendance in college were investigated.The sample for the study consisted of 625 Ball State University students living in on-campus housing during the Winter Quarter 1976-77. These students were selected using a proportional random sampling design method. An. outdoor recreation activities questionnaire was mailed to each of the students selected and 69% were returned.The findings of the survey revealed that swimming was the favorite outdoor recreation activity for 85% of Ball State University students. The reason for selecting outdoor recreation activities having the most influence for 87% of Ball State University students was "for satisfaction and enjoyment."Data from the study revealed that outdoor recreation activities selected by Ball State University students are those that require a minimum amount of money, require few special skills, require little time, and require few special facilities for participation. / Department of Natural Resources

The purposes of this study was to determine the extent to which current University of the Pacific campus recreational opportunities meet student recreational interests. The following sub purposes were established: (1) To determine the available recreational opportunities on campus, or in connection with the campus.; (2) To evaluate student participation in the current recreational opportunities.; (3) To determine the recreational opportunities students would desire to see on campus, other than that which is currently offered.

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Today's student has more access to global issues than any previous generation. Nearly one million higher education students study abroad worldwide, the workplace reflects a need to be interculturally competent, and students rarely have opportunities to learn how to thrive in the new global environment. This study explored how higher education, and specifically collegiate recreation, is responding to this reality. The development of Killick's global-self is a guiding theme and was used to investigate how students perceive the development of their global-self after experiencing interventions designed to introduce the concepts of internationalization and globalization into a collegiate recreation intramural program. The study also examines how students experience the interventions. The literature review focuses on institutional perspective, student engagement, learning theory, the role of sport and recreation in social change, and collegiate recreation professional competencies. A bounded 8-week case study, using aspects of community action research, was the research method. Observations, surveys, and semi-structured interviews provide data on students' perceptions of their development of a global-self and their experience in the designed intramural program. Themes identified in the data provide evidence that the interventions helped students develop both their sense of self-in-the-world and their ability to act-in-the-world. The data suggest that students found value in the interventions and believed them to be a worthwhile addition to the intramural program. Finally, the results of the study suggest that similar interventions can be applied to multiple areas in collegiate recreation and potentially expanded to other forms of co-curricular activities.

The purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between perceived barriers and participation or non-participation by undergraduate females in recreational programming at Ball State University. For the purposes of this study, anything that reinforces a decision not to participate in a program or activity was considered a barrier. Participants were selected from various college units on campus. They were also grouped based upon on campus or off campus residency and whether they were participants or non-participants in programs sponsored by the Office of Recreation Programs at Ball State University. Each participant (n=160) completed two written surveys: survey one: the Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LDB) and survey two: the Perceived Barriers Survey. Data were analyzed using multiple t-tests and associations were revealed at the .05 level on each of the three scales of the LDB (Barriers to Leisure Experience Scale, Depth of Leisure Involvement Scale and the Perceived Leisure Competence Scale). Many perceived personality traits influenced whether a female student participated in campus recreational programming. Survey two also presented associations at the .05 level for the following specific perceived barriers: discomfort; lack of motivation; fatigue; feelings about one's body; other people; pain; lack of time available; inconvenient hours; body image; school responsibilities and a lack of knowledge about what programs were available. Each of these barriers represents a call to action for recreation professionals. Several program strategies were suggested to minimize or eliminate these barriers, and to recruit and retain more female students in campus recreational programming. / Fisher Institute for Wellness

This study is a comparative analysis of the recreational activities and facilities of 150 students attending the North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas, during the summer of 1940 and of 150 teachers in service in the public schools of Amarillo, Texas during 1940-41. The three-fold purpose of this investigation was to compare the recreational activities in which teachers in service and students in college participated, to secure from each subject a ranking of activities as to his choice for participation, and to determine the adequacy of recreational facilities for both groups.