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Sports, Study, or Sleep

Understanding the Student-Athlete's College Experiences

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Authors:
  1. Dinur Blum

    1. California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  • Includes interviews with past and present student-athletes
  • Discusses the role of the academic student advisor in student success in higher education
  • Offers recommendations for addressing specific challenges to academic achievement

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. “Why Should We Have to Go to Class If We Came Here to Play Football?” What This Book Is About

    • Dinur Blum
    Pages 1-12

  3. “If I Wanted to Play, I Had to Bring Home the Grades”: Interviews with Former Student-Athletes

    • Dinur Blum
    Pages 13-34

  4. “Emptying the Tank”: Current Student-Athletes

    • Dinur Blum
    Pages 35-57

  5. “Going into Classes Blind”: Comparing Student-Athletes’ Challenges and Experiences

    • Dinur Blum
    Pages 59-75

  6. “Professional Sports Are a Well-Paying Temporary Job”: Messages from Coaches

    • Dinur Blum
    Pages 77-103

  7. “The Importance of Having a Plan B”: Academic Personnel Who Work with Student-Athletes

    • Dinur Blum
    Pages 105-127

  8. Reimagining College Sports and Student-Athletes

    • Dinur Blum
    Pages 129-141

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 143-156
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About this book

This book challenges existing literature on student-athletes and examines the obstacles student-athletes face with respect to academic achievement in college. Blum includes excerpts from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with US student-athletes, coaches, academic advisors, and learning specialists to provide insights on how student-athletes define success academically, athletically, and professionally. He also identifies the challenges student-athletes face inside and outside of the classroom and how they can be helped in achieving academic success.

Reviews

”Blum offers a unique glimpse into the everyday life of student-athletes in higher education. As colleges and universities demand more from student-athletes in and out of the classroom, it is important to understand the challenges faced by these students and how they understand and achieve success in their sport and the classroom. This book is essential reading for anyone involved with the NCAA and faculty, staff, and administrators at colleges and universities.”—Anthony J. Roberts, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University, USA

 “A thoughtful and needed examination of the multiple issues student-athletes face, Blum’s new work is essential reading for professors, coaches, parents and advisors of college student-athletes. Blum dispels several harmful myths and misconceptions, and suggests new ways of helping student-athletes succeed—both in their classes and for their teams.”
—Adam G. Sanford, Lecturer, California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA


Authors and Affiliations

  • California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Dinur Blum

About the author

Dinur Blum is Lecturer in Sociology at California State University, Los Angeles, USA. Beyond his work on student-athletes in college, he studies the social causes of mass shootings in the US with his colleague Christian G. Jaworski. He also co-hosts the Learning Made Easier podcast with Adam G. Sanford.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sports, Study, or Sleep

  • Book Subtitle: Understanding the Student-Athlete's College Experiences

  • Authors: Dinur Blum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61326-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61325-9Published: 28 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61328-0Published: 28 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61326-6Published: 27 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 156

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, Sport Education and Didactics, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sport Science , Life Skills, Personal Development

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