Building Effective Student-Athlete Development Programs

Begin with institutional purpose.

Connect academic support, leadership, and personal development.

Start by clarifying what your institution wants to understand and how the findings will inform decisions.

Questions to guide the conversation

• Which institutional goals does this initiative support?
• Whose perspectives and experiences need to be included?
• What evidence is available, and where are the gaps?
• How will the team use findings to shape action?

Connect assessment to action.

A useful review moves beyond describing current conditions. It helps leadership identify priorities, define responsibilities, and plan how to evaluate progress.

This article is a short preview of a proposed resource. A full, reviewed version is coming soon.