Responding To The Concerns Of Student-Athletes Enrolled In A First-Year Experience Course

Abstract

This paper summarizes results of a study of 105 student-athletes enrolled in a first-year experience course. Students were asked, “What is the biggest unanswered question you have about college?” Results indicated that students’ most burning questions were related to academics; relatively few student responses were directly related to being a student-athlete. Discussion of the findings includes designing first-year experience courses to respond to students’ concerns.