Whitner, Phillip A.Sanz, Donald L.2023-04-212023-04-211988https://hdl.handle.net/2097/43198In response to an outcry from University professors and administrators regarding academics and athletics, the Athletes Educational Planning Program (AEPP) was developed. During the 1982-83 academic year the University of Toledo Counseling Center extended its voluntary study skills program to a specific University population-student-athletes (Danchise, 1985). The plan of the AEPP was to provide incoming freshmen male and female student-athletes with a traditional study skills program. A major goal of the program was to assist the freshman student-athlete in adjusting and in adapting to the academic ngors of a college environment through the utilization of study skills. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine if the program was having a positive effect on the student-athletes' academic performance. More specifically, "Was the intervention of the study skills program having a positive impact on the GPA's of student-athletes who participated in the program?" Low and moderate-risk student-athletes that participated in the program had a higher mean GPA than student-athletes in the same two categories who did not participate in the program. Borderline and high-risk student-athletes that participated in the program had a lower mean GPA than student-athletes in the same two categories who did not participate in the program. The mean GPA's in the last two categories, borderline and high-risk, were somewhat mystifying because the findings were contradictory to self-reports and observations. In order to determine if the program was having a positive effect on student-athletes' academic performance, it appeared that more than mean GPA's were needed.This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/academic performanceat-riskskillsText