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A PLAYBOOK FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE LEADERSHIP & SUCCESSCompton College Spring Student Leadership Conference

Dr. Frank Harris III, San Diego State UniversityProfessor and Co-Director, Community College Equity Assessment Lab

Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL)

@fharris3 @frank.h3

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Session Overview

•Discuss barriers and challenges that influence leadership and student success for student-athletes.

•Propose strategies student-athletes can employ to overcome challenges and enable them to demonstrate leadership and success.


Our Lab

The Community College Equity Assessment Laboratory (CCEAL) is a national research and practice lab that partners with community colleges to support their capacity in advancing outcomes for students who have been historically underserved in education, particularly students of color. CCEAL houses the Minority Male Community College Collaborative (M2C3).

CCEAL was developed to advance three objectives:

• Research - to conduct and disseminateempirical research on the experiences ofhistorically underserved students in communitycolleges;

• Training - to provide training that improvespractices and research relevant to students ofcolor in community colleges; and

• Assessment - to use assessment and evaluationto facilitate capacity-building within communitycolleges.

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Frank Harris, III, Ed.D.Co-Director, CCEAL

J. Luke Wood, Ph.D.Co-Director, CCEAL

Marissa Vasquez Urias, Ed.D.

Associate Director, CCEAL

Nexi DelgadoResearch Associate

Stephanie EstradaResearch Associate

Vannessa FalconResearch Associate

Fernando GarciaResearch Associate

Annan GaggiResearch Associate

Karan JainWeb Management Tech Stephanie Mathew

Research AssociateMelissa Vang

Research AssociateSoua Xiong

Research Associate

Meet Our Team


Introducing Myron Rolle

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• What are your reactions to Myron’s story?

• What do you think were some of Myron’s biggest challenges in being a student-athlete?

• What lessons can you draw from Myron’s story?

• What are some daily challenges that typify your experience as a student-athlete?

Discussion Questions


• Balancing school, sports, and life demands

• Negative stereotypes and micoraggressions from faculty and other students

• Complex policies re: eligibility and transfer

• Food and housing insecurities

• Exhaustion, fatigue, injuries

• Others?

Challenges Faced by Student-Athletes

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Dispelling Myth vs Reality about Student-Athletes

Myth

• Student-athletes are not “real” students.

• Student-athletes are only care about sports—not academics.

• Student-athletes get more support than non-student athletes.

• It is not possible to balance sports and academics.

Reality

• Student-athletes outperform non-student-athletes on most indicators of student success.

• (See above)

• Community colleges typically do not have the resources to provide additional support to student-athletes.

• Academically successful student-athletes regularly report having to balance the demands of sport and school as a critical factor in their success.


Statewide Community College Athletic Completion Rates, 2012-2013 Cohort

Men Women

Average 32% 38%

Black 28% 30%

White 40% 44%

Latino 28% 35%

Asian 31% 41%

Multiethnic 34% 39%

SOURCE: CCCCO

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Statewide Community College Athletic Transfer Rates, 2012-2013 Cohort

SOURCE: CCCCO

Men Women

Average 13% 12%

Black 13% 9%

White 16% 16%

Latino 10% 10%

Asian 11% 10%

Multiethnic 15% 15%


Statewide Community College Athletic Associate Degree Rates,2012-2013 Cohort

SOURCE: CCCCO

Men Women

Average 23% 30%

Black 20% 23%

White 28% 34%

Latino 21% 28%

Asian 22% 31%

Multiethnic 23% 31%

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Statewide Community College Athletic GPA at 2.5 or Above,2012-2013 Cohort

SOURCE: CCCCO

Men Women

Average 57% 66%

Black 41% 48%

White 69% 77%

Latino 54% 61%

Asian 70% 80%

Multiethnic 56% 65%


• Who do you go to for support in overcoming the challenges you encounter?

• What campus resources are critical to your success as a student-athlete?

• What advice would you give campus leaders on how they could best support student-athletes? Advice to professors? Advice to incoming student-athletes?

Discussion Questions

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• Reflect on the questions: “Who am I?” and “What are the ways I can contribute to society/my community?”

• Game plan for success. Create an ed plan and follow it religiously!

• Don’t just ball. Identify ways in which your athletic goals are aligned with your academic and career goals.

• Get to know your professors. Visit each of them during office hours at least one time each semester. Invite them to a game!

• Engage during class. Don’t just chill!

A Playbook for Student-Athletes’ Success


• Expand your network. Get to know students who are not student-athletes.

• Be proactive. Visit these key campus resources at least one time each semester.– Counselor– Career Center– Transfer Center

• Build your personal success team. Identify folks in and out of athletics who can guide, coach, advise, and support you in achieving your life goals.

• Challenge yourself. Don’t settle. Don’t go with the flow. Don’t do what everyone else is doing. Step outside your comfort zone.

A Playbook for Student-Athletes’ Success

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