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The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values
James L. Shulman
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Description for The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values
Paperback. Drawing on historical research, this work demonstrates how athletics influence the class composition and campus ethos of selective schools, as well as the messages that these institutions send to prospective students, their parents, and society at large. It shows that athletic programs raise even more difficult questions of educational policy. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 tables, 82 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
The President of Williams College faces a firestorm for not allowing the women's lacrosse team to postpone exams to attend the playoffs. The University of Michigan loses $2.8 million on athletics despite averaging 110,000 fans at each home football game. Schools across the country struggle with the tradeoffs involved with recruiting athletes and updating facilities for dozens of varsity sports. Does increasing intensification of college sports support or detract from higher education's core mission? James Shulman and William Bowen introduce facts into a terrain overrun by emotions and enduring myths. Using the same database that informed The Shape of the ... Read more
The President of Williams College faces a firestorm for not allowing the women's lacrosse team to postpone exams to attend the playoffs. The University of Michigan loses $2.8 million on athletics despite averaging 110,000 fans at each home football game. Schools across the country struggle with the tradeoffs involved with recruiting athletes and updating facilities for dozens of varsity sports. Does increasing intensification of college sports support or detract from higher education's core mission? James Shulman and William Bowen introduce facts into a terrain overrun by emotions and enduring myths. Using the same database that informed The Shape of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
Series
The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691096193
SKU
V9780691096193
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About James L. Shulman
James L. Shulman collaborated on The Shape of the River (Princeton), is Financial and Administrative Officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and directs the Foundation's College and Beyond research. William G. Bowen is President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and was formerly President of Princeton University, where he was also Professor of Economics. He is coauthor of The ... Read more
Reviews for The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values
"It may be one of the most important books on higher education published in the last twenty years. It is certainly one of the most interesting."
Louis Menand, The New Yorker "A provocative and important new book."
Robert Lipsyte, New York Times "The conclusions are truly depressing and significant... The Game of Life is the most important sports book written in years."
Frank ... Read more
Louis Menand, The New Yorker "A provocative and important new book."
Robert Lipsyte, New York Times "The conclusions are truly depressing and significant... The Game of Life is the most important sports book written in years."
Frank ... Read more