Date Approved
3-15-2013
Date Posted
6-20-2013
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department or School
Health Promotion and Human Performance
Committee Member
Brenda Riemer, Ph.D., Chair
Committee Member
Andrew Cornett, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Melody Reifel Werner, Ed.D.
Abstract
This study examined the effect of the increase in the number of international student-athletes in Division I college athletics on the experience of international and domestic student-athletes, specifically by investigating the perceptions of female athletes participating in sports that have high percentages of international student-athlete involvement. Scholarship opportunities, school choice, playing time, and recruiting areall areas that were explored through a questionnaire. This study potentially fills a gap in the research regarding the increased participation by international student-athletes on both the domestic and international student-athlete experience. Results indicated that international and domestic student-athletes had different perceptions of their recruiting experience than student-athletes of the opposite status, and further, different factors were important in terms of school choice. Both domestic and international student-athletes believed that there were similar scholarship opportunities in their sport, regardless of status, and further, that their sport had a high number of international participants.
Recommended Citation
Zonder, Erica, "Student-athlete perceptions of increased internationalization in college athletics" (2013). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 473.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/473