Special admission : how college sports recruitment favors white, suburban athletes /

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"Special Admission contradicts the national belief that college sports provide upward mobility opportunities. Kirsten Hextrum documents how white middle-class youth become overrepresented on college teams. Her institutional ethnography of one elite athletic and academic institution includes ove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hextrum, Kirsten (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
Colección:The American campus
Temas:
College athletes > Recruiting > United States.
College sports > Corrupt practices > United States.
Discrimination in higher education > United States.
Universities and colleges > Admission > Corrupt practices > United States.
Sportifs universitaires > Recrutement > États-Unis.
Sports universitaires > Pratiques déloyales > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Universités > Admission > Pratiques déloyales > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > General.
EDUCATION / General
College athletes > Recruiting
College sports > Corrupt practices
Discrimination in higher education
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Gentlemen's agreement : college sports become a state institution
  • The state alignment : white suburbia and athletic talent
  • Build a wall : the state segregates sports
  • Activating capital : pay-to-play sports
  • A guide : socializing future college athletes
  • The offer letter : athletic talent secures preferential college access
  • Conclusion : altering the path.

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