Pacific Islanders in College Football: Expectations and Realizations

• In Event: Access, Choice, Enrollment, and College Completion Patterns: Pathways of Underserved Students

Abstract

This is the second part of an in-depth longitudinal investigation into Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) football college choice processes. The purpose is to investigate if the expectations related to college choice are actualized at the particular institution following athletes' first year in college sports.

Authors

• Keali'i Troy Kukahiko, University of California - Los Angeles

• Kalehua Mueller, University of Hawaii - Manoa