Reclaiming the Game : College Sports and Educational Values.

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In Reclaiming the Game, William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, and other students. In a field overwhelmed by reliance on anecdotes, the factual findings are striking--and sobering. Anyone seriously concerned about hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowen, William G.
Otros Autores: Levin, Sarah A., Shulman, James L., Campbell, Colin G., Pichler, Susanne C., Kurzweil, Martin A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Temas:
College sports > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
College athletes > Education > United States.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Sportifs universitaires > Éducation > États-Unis.
College athletes > Education
College sports
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education.
Social Sciences.
History of Education.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Reclaiming the Game, William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, and other students. In a field overwhelmed by reliance on anecdotes, the factual findings are striking--and sobering. Anyone seriously concerned about higher education will find it hard to wish away the evidence that athletic recruitment is problematic even at those schools that do not offer athletic scholarships. Thanks to an expansion of the College and Beyond database that resulted in the highly influential studies The Shape of the River and The.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (497 pages)
ISBN:9781400840700
1400840708
1283134748
9781283134743

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