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Tennessee athletes must attend classes?(NEWSWATCH)(University of Tennessee)(Brief Article)
Skipping class may soon cost athletes playing time at the University of Tennessee. The UT athletic department is considering a student athlete class attendance policy for fall 2005, said men's AD Mike Hamilton.
Currently coaches of various sports maintain their own rules about class attendance. Todd Diacon, UT's new faculty athletics representative, pitched the idea after noting that Florida had an attendance policy. He proposed that any athlete with four unexcused absences from a class would automatically be suspended from the next scheduled competition.
"I understand that some coaches and athletic directors might be concerned," Diacon said. "Their job is to win games and run a financially solvent department. But my job as the faculty ...
- Should Class Attendance be Mandatory?(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Atlantic Economic Journal LAI, PIKKI CHAN, KAM C. September 1, 2000 700+ words
...these results, Romer proposed that class attendance be mandatory to boost student performance...that professors should not mandate class attendance for the following reasons: 1) the...suggest a positive correlation between class attendance and student performance, there is...
- Additional evidence on the effect of class attendance on academic...
- Magazine article from: Atlantic Economic Journal Yakovlev, Pavel Kinney, Linda December 1, 2008 700+ words
...hypothesis. However, many studies on class attendance conducted by economists focus on the...contrast, this study analyzes how class attendance affects academic performance in the...component. We test the hypothesis that class attendance has a positive effect on academic...
- SHIPLEY TO SUCCEED MOREHEAD AS UGA FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News October 28, 2009 700+ words
...Instruction Jere W. Morehead as faculty athletics representative effective July 1, President Michael...effective Jan. 1. The faculty athletics representative, a position required under NCAA...will make an outstanding Faculty Athletics Representative," Morehead said."His legal...
- Is class attendance a proxy variable for student motivation in economics...
- Magazine article from: International Social Science Review Durden, Garey Ellis, Larry June 22, 2003 700+ words
...and Durden and Ellis (1995; 1998) have shown that class attendance appears to affect student average scores and resulting...study, Romer also attempts to answer the question, Do class attendance rates and internal motivation separately influence performance...
- Evaluation of factors influencing student class attendance and performance.
- Magazine article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics Devadoss, Stephen Foltz, John August 1, 1996 700+ words
...educators are exploring creative techniques to increase class attendance, such as innovative teaching methods and better-equipped...policy class, requiring and rewarding attendance improved class attendance, and that student absenteeism resulted in lower grades...
- Class attendance and students' evaluation of their college instructors.
- Magazine article from: College Student Journal Davidovitch, Nitsa Soen, Dan September 1, 2006 700+ words
...provided data on student's evaluations of instructors in 634 different courses. As hypothesized, the higher the rate of class attendance, the higher students' evaluation of the instructor. This relationship was consistent across the five faculties of the...
- The cost of cutting class: attendance as a predictor of student success.
- College Teaching Gump, Steven E. January 1, 2005 700+ words
...to control. Students who wish to succeed academically should attend class, and instructors should likewise encourage class attendance. ********** The assumption that class absences are negatively associated with overall grade performance has encouraged...
- SCHOOL CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY EASED HOUSING OFFICIAL TALKS TO ETHICS PANEL...
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) March 24, 1989 700+ words
A tougher attendance policy is not necessarily the best, administrators in the city's school district have found. Last summer, the Board of Education changed its attendance policy for students in grades 9-12 in hopes of reducing the number of times students skipped classes. It eliminated the right
