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ERIC Number: EJ383337
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Factors Related to the Academic Success and Failure of College Football Players: The Case of the Mental Dropout.
Lang, Gale; And Others
Youth and Society, v20 n2 p209-22 Dec 1988
Examines variables used to predict the academic success or failure of college football players. Valid predictors include the following: (1) high school grades; (2) repeating a year in school; (3) feelings towards school; (4) discipline history; (5) mother's education; and (6) high school background. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Athletes, College Athletics, College Students, Football, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Prediction, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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