What Every Academic Advisor Should Know About Advising Student Athletes
Academic advisors may find particular challenges surrounding the needs of college-level student athletes. A number of important issues facing college advisors and athletes, including the campus climate toward athletics and athletes, the roles of the NCAA and the campus community in guiding the student athlete's academic and athletic experience, and the identified needs of this special student population are discussed. Information regarding both developmental advising issues and sports-specific issues affecting student athletes is provided along with suggested strategies for implementation by the academic advisor.
Contributor Notes
Dr. Carol A. Gruber has been the Director of Academic Counseling and Student Services for Intercollegiate Athletics, and a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota for the past 3 years. Prior to that, she was Director of Academic Counseling for Women's Athletics at the University of Iowa for 11 years. She is a past president of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics, past chair of the NACADA Advising Student Athletes Commission, and will be serving as NACADA Region Six Chair from 2004 through 2006. Interested readers may contact Dr. Gruber at Grube012@umn.edu.
