Summary: Paul Umbach (Indiana University), Megan Palmer (Indiana University), George Kuh (Indiana University), and Stephanie Hannah (NCAA), in their article “Intercollegiate Athletes and Effective Educational Practices: Winning Combination or Losing Effort?”, claim that college athletics have little influence on the success students have in college. The author’s support their thesis by conducting multiple studies with students who were in college athletics and students who were not participating in such activities. The author’s purpose of the piece is to conduct multiple studies on the effect of college athletics on academic success in order to prove that college athletics do not effect success in college. The author’s intended audience is
