The Culture of Competition: Identifying the Unique Experiences of Domestic and International Black Student-Athletes

Abstract

Widely viewed and supported as entertainment, we still know relatively little about the postsecondary experiences about college student-athletes especially when compared to other student populations. As such, this chapter contributes to that literature by first reviewing what we already know about Black female student-athletes as a unique population in the postsecondary environment who face challenges that differ from their Black male and White female counterparts. Second, this chapter expands the literature by analyzing data from original research conducted by the authors that focus on the academic, athletic, and campus climate experiences of these students.

Citation

Harmon, N., Doss, K. and Donahoo, S. (2012), "The Culture of Competition: Identifying the Unique Experiences of Domestic and International Black Student-Athletes", Renée Chambers, C. and Vonshay Sharpe, R. (Ed.) Black Female Undergraduates on Campus: Successes and Challenges (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 12), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 113-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3644(2012)0000012009