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ERIC Number: EJ419439
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2984
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The Effect of Athletic Participation on the Academic Aspirations and Achievement of African American Males in a New York City High School.
Anderson, S. Kareem
Journal of Negro Education, v59 n3 p507-16 Sum 1990
Attempts to determine the following: (1) whether African American students participating in sports on the high school varsity level hold and/or are being hurt by unrealistic athletic aspirations; and (2) how levels of athletic and academic aspirations affect future goals of African American student athletes. Finds no clear evidence of detrimental effects. (AF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Athletes, Athletics, Black Students, Educational Attainment, Educational Mobility, High Schools, Males, Questionnaires, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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