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
Autor principal: Shulman, James Lawrence, 1965-
Otros Autores: Schonfeld, Roger C., Meserve, Lauren A., Bowen, William G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2002, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
College sports.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Enseignement superieur > Finalites > États-Unis.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
College sports > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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.
Notas:First paperback printing, with new preface, 2002.
"A Princeton University Press e-book."--Cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (486 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400840694

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