| How's Your Balance?: An Investigation Into The Relationship Between An Academic Support System, Retention and Graduation Rates of African A Contributor(s): Jarvis, Rick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1546830650 ISBN-13: 9781546830658 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Essays |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This amazing work allows us to delve deep into a retrospective view of how the African American athlete was handled in practically every HBCU during a season and a time when the masses were in denial about the climatic effects on their lives. Dr. Jarvis's accomplished work engrafted as part of his doctoral dissertation lends to the ear of the learned and unlearned. Many will see this work as an eye opener while others view it as a final means to an end in providing a candid view to truth concerning a possible turnaround in how athletes are treated differently in this century. This book makes one want to have a roundtable discussion to encourage the athletes of today while applauding those from yesteryear who were victims of this cycle of abuse. As we transform a nation, we must work backwards to heal as we move forward to restore. I applaud Dr. Jarvis for his tenacity in "getting the word out" to those who have the spirit to hear |