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by shalyn claggett<\/em><\/td>\nprint version<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
cite this guide:<\/strong> claggett, s. (2010). accommodating student athletes in the classroom. 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分. retrieved [todaysdate] from \/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/guides-sub-pages\/student-athletes\/.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

the stigma of athleticism<\/h2>\n

as julie cheville points out in her book,\u00a0minding the body: what student athletes know about learning<\/em> (boynton\/cook, 2001), student athletes often fear that they will be stigmatized for their athleticism in the classroom. they sometimes feel that the university system reifies the distinction between mind and body, and that their value to the university is only physical. after numerous interviews with billy, an african american football player at iowa state, she explains:
\nisolated within an athletic enterprise that privileged his athleticism, he had little occasion to understand his significance to the university as anything but physical.\u00a0 if one layers onto billy\u2019s struggle broader public assumptions about the \u2018hired thug\u2019 or \u2018dumb jock,\u2019 as well as animalizing images manufactured by sports journalists and commercial advertisers, the obstacles to academic empowerment to prove formidable.\u00a0 (6)<\/span><\/p>\n

in addition to this problem, cheville notes that being a student athlete also brings with it issues related to racial and gender identity.\u00a0 billy, like other african american student athletes at iowa state, felt that his athleticism made him more prone to social stereotyping as an unintellectual but physically gifted black man.\u00a0 further, female student athletes expressed an acute awareness that their sexual identity was under public scrutiny as physically adept women (9-10).<\/p>\n

cheville argues that this baggage is often brought into the classroom, although instructors often remain unaware of the athlete\u2019s concerns or fears.\u00a0 student athletes may be perceived to have a built-in support system through their team, but in reality, “the splintered nature of their lives contributes to their alienation from nonscholarship students and from an academic realm that is often interpreted for them by coaches, athletic support staff, and upperclassmen” (109).\u00a0 fearing that their athleticism will be “appropriated and used against them by those who have the power to deny or devaluate their presence,” student athletes may feel like a fish out of water in the classroom (4).<\/p>\n

student athletes at vanderbilt<\/h2>\n

student athletes at vanderbilt have a range of resources available to help meet their academic needs.\u00a0 student athletes at vanderbilt must maintain a minimum gpa as noted below in order to remain eligible to play:<\/p>\n