Ks157852

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Hello! This is Cathryn. Nyrhtac7 (talk) 21:39, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Article Evaluation

Article Evaluation: Student athlete

• All three photos from this article are from/concerning the United States and should be more globally-oriented.
• The SAT scores need to be updated seeing as how it is now on a scale of 1-36.
• In the Student athletes in high school section, it should explain the difference between Division I and Division II schools.
• In the Student athlete performance section, it seems biased by claiming that athletes perform "at a very high level" in classrooms and on the field.
• The claim that athletes have higher graduation rates than non-athletes in the Graduation rates for student athletes should provide more statistical evidence seeing as how bold that statement is.
• The article then goes on to contradict itself by claiming that athletes have lower graduation rates than non-athletes in the Rates between scholarship athletes, partial scholarship and non-athletes section.
• The article does a good job of presenting the challenges faced by athletes, but overall seems to degrade academic-only students and does this off of the assumption that these non-athlete students only have education to worry about, when in reality, many have jobs and extracurricular activities that athletes do not have.
• The historical section of this article is very short and could add details.
• I would suggest adding an entire paragraph about funding for student athletes as opposed to non-athletes or a paragraph in general comparing and contrasting athletes and non-athletes.
• After reading this article, I would suggest changing the title to Student athletes in the United States, seeing as how the entire article is based on the United States.
• The entire article fails to say that the United States does in fact tend to place more focus on student athletes over non-athletes such as with instances with provided tutors to stay on track and be eligible to compete in their sport.

Ks157852 (talk) 18:06, 4 December 2017 (UTC)Ks157852

Ks157852 (talk) 18:06, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Article Addition Suggestion: Student athlete

I am suggesting adding a section titled "Funding for student athletes in public schools and institutions."

In many public schools and colleges, the athletic programs are among the most well maintained programs for a school. Oftentimes, athletes, especially those playing for a university, are provided additional academic assistance such as tutoring in order to enhance performance. According to research done by Donna Desrochers for the Delta Cost Project, an average of $92,000 per student athlete is awarded, while less than $14,000 is awarded to full-time students. In addition, many funds are allocated for athlete institutions such as stadiums. For example, according to a Fox News report titled “Texas High School’s Budget-Busting Stadium to Cost $70M,” in May of 2016, voters from McKinney, Texas approved a sizable budget of $70 million for a nearby stadium, surpassing the $62.5 million stadium in Katy, Texas and the $60 million dollar stadium in Allen. Sometimes, these sports stadiums and programs are valued higher than other academic programs and have monetary repercussions such as the case with Premont, Texas Independent School District. The city of Premont was threatened by the state of Texas to prioritize spending due to budget problems and lagging academic performance. In order to decrease spending, the school first continued to deny students music education as well as began to close the science labs that were already in terrible shape. But as time progressed, the budget was so low that the superintendent made a bold decision and canceled all sports programs. By suspending the sports programs, the district saved over $150,000 in one year-an unprecedented amount of saved money, and thus, allowed the school district to continue to be open. Student athletes receive many funds that normal students do not receive, leading many to focus on athletics and sports rather than academics and resulting in advanced pressures for athletes. Ks157852 (talk) 18:50, 10 December 2017 (UTC)Ks157852

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Content notes

Hi - I looked at your content at the article for student athletes and ended up summarizing and removing some content. Part of the issue is that you relied on sourcing that would not be seen as reliable or the best sourcing on Wikipedia. For example, Fox News is not seen as an overly solid source on Wikipedia because they tend to sensationalize content and do not always do the factchecking and verification they should. Also, avoid using studies as sources because they're seen as primary sources for the research and claims they produce - the amount of coverage and verification in independent, reliable sources that we'd need to be able to show where the study is major and trustworthy enough to include in an article is fairly high making it relatively rare that a study could or should be highlighted on Wikipedia. Another issue was that some of the content was extremely specific as far as locations go - something that would be applicable for one school or state may not be applicable to others - especially when viewed on a global scale. Finally, be very careful about original research, basically make sure that you do not create your own conclusions based on the sourcing. I hope that this helps explain things! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:34, 11 December 2017 (UTC)