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Definition of Terms<br />

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): the predominant governing<br />

body of intercollegiate athletics in the United States that integrates<br />

intercollegiate athletics into higher education (NCAA, 2010d).<br />

2. Division I: NCAA member institutions that compete at a level of athletics that<br />

place emphasis on regional <strong>and</strong> national competition; <strong>and</strong> as a result<br />

recruitment of student-athletes is regional <strong>and</strong> national in scope. Institutions<br />

belonging in this Division are able to offer financial aid based on athletic<br />

ability (NCAA, 2007).<br />

3. Division III: NCAA member institutions that compete at a level of athletics<br />

that place strong emphasis on education <strong>and</strong> places much less emphasis on<br />

national competition. Members are often small liberal arts colleges. Student-<br />

athletes at these institutions receive no financial aid based on athletic ability<br />

(NCAA, 2007).<br />

4. Liberal Arts College: a higher education institution that places primary focus<br />

on undergraduate education. The liberal arts curriculum offered at these<br />

institutions is interdisciplinary in nature <strong>and</strong> tends to overlap among fields<br />

(schoolsintheusa.com, 2010).<br />

5. Private Institution: Schools that do not receive federal financial assistance. A<br />

substantial amount of the operating budget comes from student tuition <strong>and</strong><br />

fees (collegeconfidential.com, 2010).<br />

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