The Blind Side of College Athletics: Examining California’s Student Athlete Bill of Rights and Athletic Expenditures.

Autor/inn/en	Umbricht, Mark R.; Fernandez, Frank; Ortega, Guillermo
Titel	The Blind Side of College Athletics: Examining California’s Student Athlete Bill of Rights and Athletic Expenditures.
Quelle	In: Research in higher education, (2022) 1, S.33-57Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-022-09697-5
Schlagwörter	Synthetic control methods; Educational policy; Quasi-experimental analysis; Secondary data analysis
Abstract	Abstract Many college athletes suffer career-ending injuries that leave them with expensive medical bills and lost scholarship opportunities. California’s 2012 student athlete bill of rights mandated that the state’s universities continue to care for college athletes by providing access to medical care and equivalent scholarships even if they were injured and could no longer participate in athletics. We analyzed publicly available data from the college athletics financial information database using multiple quasi-experimental approaches, including difference-in-differences with propensity score weights and synthetic control methods. We found evidence that Cal-Berkeley and UCLA increased medical expenditures but not student aid. Our findings were robust across both types of analyses. We discuss implications and offer directions for future research related to policy implementation.
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Update	2023/2/05