Issues Facing Athletic Academic Advising

For the Signature Assignment, you will research issues facing academic advising and the current strategies that are being utilized by advisors in the NCAA institutions. For this final assignment, you are to:
1.Identify an Academic Athletic Advisor at a major university who is involved with an athletic department student services program you would like to interview. Contact this individual to ask specific questions about the person’s background and professional steps he or she took to attain the current position. Have that person describe his or her day-to-day routine. (Make sure you research the advisor’s background before calling to assure an effective interview with time efficiency.)
2.What athlete advisement programs or components are in place to help students with eating disorders, behavioral disorders, and learning disabilities?
3.What additional programs are provided or conducted for student athletes, especially to maintain NCAA eligibility?
4.Evaluate the program comparing this program against the material presented in this course.

Note: If for some reason you cannot make contact with an athletic academic advisor, go to the website of an athletic department, preferably a major university. Look at their academic advising program as well as their policies and procedures concerning athletic advisement. It is recommended that you select a Division I institution as these positions are funded by the NCAA and they are very comprehensive. In place of the first component, critique the website and the ease or lack thereof with which a student athlete could find resources or personnel to assist with counseling-related concerns. Then complete components two through four.

It would be helpful if you could get an electronic or hard copy policies and procedures manual and other documents concerning the structure of the program.

Please make sure that five of the eight required resources are from refereed journals, periodicals, or books concerning advising the student athlete for areas that must be developed within this program such as learning disabilities and eating disorders.

Length: 12-15 pages not including title and reference pages.
References: Minimum of 8 scholarly resources.

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Review APA Form and Style.