By Kristal Fehring
The NIRSA Collegiate Recreation Research Grant encourages the development and dissemination of impactful, research-based knowledge to the field of collegiate recreation.
NIRSA’s Research and Assessment Committee is pleased to announce that the Association has awarded a grant to support the research proposal: “Assessing Learning Outcomes of Student Employees of Campus Recreation at the University of Illinois.”
Student employees are an essential part of campus recreation, and campus recreation is a key part of their out-of-classroom learning and skill development.Lead investigators Ed Morford (Assistant Director, Assessment) and Jami Houston (Assistant Director, Student Development) will lead a training and development initiative and conduct an empirical, scientifically-grounded assessment to better understand how student employment affects student career and leadership skills, multicultural competencies, and well-being.
Results of this research proposal will be presented at the 2016 NIRSA Annual Conference, and the team will be encouraged to submit a proposal for a Recreational Sports Journal article.
