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Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University : A University President's Perspective.

Duderstadt, James J.

Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University : A University President's Perspective. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (358 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Part I. Hail to the Victors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Go Blue -- 3. A University President's Perspective -- Part II. How Do Things Really Work? -- 4. The Evolution of College Sports -- 5. University 101 -- 6. The Governance of Intercollegiate Athletics -- 7. Financing College Athletics -- Part III. Cracks in the Facade -- 8. The Commercialization of College Sports -- 9. The Student-Athlete -- 10. Integrity -- 11. Institutional Control -- Part IV. Tilting at Windmills -- 12. Back to Basics -- 13. Roads to Reform -- 14. Reform or Extinction? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

A former Big Ten university president argues that the increased commercialization of college sports endangers our universities' primary goal.

9780472021918


College sports - Social aspects - United States.


Electronic books.

GV351

796.04/3/0973

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