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The Mission of The College Sport Research Institute |
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| The College Sport Research Institute’s mission is to: Encourage and support interdisciplinary and interuniversity collaborative college-sport research, serve as a research consortium for college-sport researchers from across the United States, and disseminate college-sport research results to academics, college-sport practitioners, and the general public. In order to fulfill CSRI’s mission, the institute will: Work to create an atmosphere that encourages personal and intellectual growth for faculty and students, demands excellence and professional integrity from faculty and student affiliates, and supports independent critical college-sport research. | | Vision | | CSRI provides opportunities for independent, organized and focused cross-disciplinary research regarding college sport in the United States. Specifically, CSRI is committed to serving as a national clearinghouse for college sports research, building research capacity – both internally and externally - that increases the ability of students, faculty, and college-sport practitioners to perform research into issues in college sport. | | Values | | CSRI values: - Cooperative, collaborative research with affiliated faculty and universities;
- Multi-disciplinary and multiple-perspective research;
- Providing opportunities to develop research activities, supporting publication of college-sport research results, encouraging the presentation of research results to colleagues and the general public through hosting a national conference and publishing a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on issues in college sport;
- Development of opportunities to disseminate college sports research data among other researchers involved in college-sport research; and
- Utilizing technology and critical thinking to investigate issues in college sport.
| | Goals | | In support of the institute’s mission, the College Sport Research Institute has the following Goals: - Create public awareness of socio-cultural, economic, and political issues in college sport.
- Provide a forum for open discussion of relevant issues within the college-sport community.
- Build relationships within local, regional and national communities to generate funding for independent critical research into college sport.
- Generate local, regional, and national awareness of the College Sport Research Institute and The University of Memphis as a leader in college-sport research.
- Educate students, scholars, athletic administrators, college athletes, coaches, and the general public on college-sport issues.
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