Athletics, Athletic Leadership, and Academic Achievement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9729786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan Yeung (0000-0001-5020-2581, Department of Public Administration, The College at Brockport MetroCenter, Rochester, NY, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 361-387 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education and Urban Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013124513495277 |
| OpenAlex | W1976233316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 38 |
This study examines the relationship between athletics, athletic leadership, and academic achievement. This is likely to be a tricky issue as athletes and athletic leaders are not likely to be a random group of students. To address this issue I control for school fixed effects and instrument the endogenous variables with height. I find that athletes perform better than nonathletes in every subject area tested by the High School and Beyond survey and that this effect appear to differ by sex and race. Based on the literature, these results are likely to be especially true for urban youths. In addition, there are large benefits from leadership on these athletic teams
Academic achievement · Athletes · College athletics · Control (management · Educational leadership · Instructional leadership · Management · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Race (biology · Sociology · Student achievement · Applied Psychology · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
The Effect of the Medicaid Expansion on Dropout Rates
Gender-specific associations between involvement in team sport culture and canadian adolescents’ substance-use behavior
Towering Intellects? Sizing up the relationship between height and academic success
Role of athletic coach mentors in promoting youth academic success
Familia y educación
Conceptual and Empirical Issues in the Estimation of Educational Production Functions
School Athletic Participation
Promoting interpersonal competence and educational success through extracurricular activity participation.
The adolescent society
Beyond the Classroom
The Effects of High School Athletic Participation on Education and Labor Market Outcomes
Consequences of Participation in Interscholastic Sports
Student Council, Volunteering, Basketball, or Marching Band
Whatever Happened to the Jock, the Brain, and the Princess
Women in Male Domains
Participation in High School Competitive Sports
High School Athletic Participation and Postsecondary Educational and Occupational Mobility
The Effects of Participation in Sport during the Last Two Years of High School
Do extracurricular activities protect against early school dropout
Athletes are not inferior students
The Effect of Athletic Participation on the Academic Aspirations and Achievement of African American Males in a New York City High School
Avoiding Invalid Instruments and Coping with Weak Instruments
Race, Cultural Capital, and the Educational Effects of Participation in Sports
Linking Extracurricular Programming to Academic Achievement
Extracurricular Activities and High School Dropouts
Who Plays and Who Benefits
Does Participation in Interscholastic Athletics Affect Adult Development
High School Athletic Participation as Related to College Attendance among Black, Hispanic, and White Males
From High School Jocks to College Grads
Participation in Athletics and Academic Achievement
Lament for the Letterman
Participation in Interscholastic Athletics and College Expectations
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |