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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hextrum, Kirsten (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
EDUCATION / General
Discrimination in higher education.
College sports > Corrupt practices.
College athletes > Recruiting.
EDUCATION > General.
Universites > Admission > Pratiques deloyales > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement superieur > États-Unis.
Sports universitaires > Pratiques deloyales > États-Unis.
Sportifs universitaires > Recrutement > États-Unis.
Universities and colleges > Admission > Corrupt practices > United States.
Discrimination in higher education > United States.
College sports > Corrupt practices > United States.
College athletes > Recruiting > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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