The purpose of this study was to evaluate the different stereotypes that
individuals, within a university’s general student population, held toward studentathletes
and non-athlete students admitted to the university on a special admission basis
(students admitted with requirements less than the stated minimum for admission). Two
studies, one qualitative in nature and the other with a quantitative focus, were conducted
to assess students’ perceptions of special admission students.
The results of this study show that students from a university’s general
population have more of a negative stereotype or perception of athlete special
admissions, as compared to a non-athlete special admission student, when interacting in
an academic setting. On the other hand, the general student population indicated a more
positive perception for allowing special admission to athletes than they did for allowing
special admission to non-athlete students.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1934 |
| Date | 02 June 2009 |
| Creators | Fowler, Brian R. |
| Contributors | Cunningham, George B. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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