The Game of Life : College Sports and Educational Values.

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shulman, James L.
Otros Autores: Bowen, William G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Temas:
College sports > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College sports
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 m.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (496 pages)
ISBN:9781400840694
1400840694

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