Coming to America: Challenges and Difficulties Faced by African Student Athletes

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Jenny; Opio, Thomas
Titel	Coming to America: Challenges and Difficulties Faced by African Student Athletes
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 16 (2011) 5, S.629-644 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2011.601144
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Misconceptions; Racial Discrimination; Student Adjustment; Stereotypes; College Students; Team Sports; Athletes; Interviews; Student Attitudes; College Environment; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Bias; College Athletics; Observation; Burundi; Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; South Africa; Uganda; Zambia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Missverständnis; Racial bias; Rassismus; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Klischee; Collegestudent; Mannschaftssport; Athlet; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulumwelt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Beobachtung; Kenia; Marokko; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Sambia
Abstract	There is a considerable lack of literature on international student athletes despite the extent to which colleges and universities are increasingly relying on them to heighten the winning reputation of their sports programs. This research focuses on international student athletes from Africa. Based on interviews of 16 student athletes from seven different African countries, the range of their experiences upon entering universities in the United States, particularly their challenges, were identified. Many of the serious issues affecting the student athletes were matters related to the host environment's underestimations about the African student athletes' desires to learn, misunderstandings about their culture and religions and other negative assumptions that undermined their academic success. We also found that the vast majority of these student athletes experienced negative stereotypes and discrimination based on their race and their region of origin. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10