Our Mission
Our mission is to encourage and support interdisciplinary and inter-university 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, practitioners, and the general public.
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 sport inquiry and research, building research capacity—both internally and externally—that increases the ability of students, faculty, and college sport practitioners to perform research into issues college sport.
Objectives
Investigate issues on college sport and conduct cooperative, collaborative research with affiliated faculty and universities
Provide opportunity for faculty to develop research activities
Encourage the presentation of research results to colleagues and the general public by hosting a national conference and publishing a peer-reviewed scholarly journal on college sport
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 South Carolina in Columbia as a leader in college sport research
Educate students, scholars, athletic administrators, college athletes, coaches, and the general public on college-sport