Value of Recreational Sports in Higher Education : Impact on Student Enrollment, Success, and Buying Power

by NIRSA

• ISBN13: 9780736055031
• ISBN10: 0736055037
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-30
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

What attracts students to a collegeacademics? recreational sports? the campus recreation center? If you selected all three answers, you are right. Most students choose a college or university for its academic merits, but another key factor in their decision is the recreational sports programs and facilities. Recreational sports are an important component to students'quality of life on campus and to a college's recruitment and retention of students.The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association contracted Kerr-Downs Research Associates to conduct a nationwide research project to determine the value of recreational sport on college campuses. More than 2,600 students from 16 colleges participated in this study, making it the largest representative group of college students from multiple colleges ever studied with respect to the value of participation in recreational sports. This study examined the value and contributions of recreational sports to participants'lives and documented the buying power of participants in recreational sports.The first of its kind in research, The Value of Recreational Sports in Higher Educationmakes a strong the case for campus recreational sports programs and facilities that will support the mission of your college into the future.

Table of Contents

Foreword	5	(2)
About NIRSA - National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association	7	(4)
Section I: The Value of Recreational Sports on College Campuses
Introduction	11	(5)
Executive Summary	16	(4)
Previous Research on the Value of Recreational Sports on College Campuses	20	(4)
Determinants of College Satisfaction & Success	24	(21)
Allocation of Money on Campus	45	(8)
Happiness with College Experience	53	(9)
Benefits of Recreational Sports	62	(14)
Selected Behaviors and Recreational Sports Participation	76	(10)
Profile	86	(7)
Section II: The Recreational Sports Expenditure Study
Introduction	93	(2)
Executive Summary	95	(13)
Findings
Background and Profile Information	108	(4)
Existing Campus Recreational Centers/Complexes	112	(26)
Planned Recreational Facilities	138	(22)
Annual Expenditures	160	(4)
Infrequent Expenditures	164	(4)
Food Service	168	(4)
Recreational Sports Budgets	172	(4)
Promotions	176	(1)
Purchasing Authority	177	(8)
Section III: Buying Power of Recreational Sports Participants	185	(12)
Appendix	197	(25)
Bibliography	222