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9780472089437

Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University

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  • ISBN13:

    9780472089437

  • ISBN10:

    0472089439

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

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Summary

After decades of domination on campus, college sports' supremacy has begun to weaken. "Enough, already!" detractors cry. College is about learning, not chasing a ball around to the whir of TV cameras. In Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University James Duderstadt agrees, taking the view that the increased commercialization of intercollegiate athletics endangers our universities and their primary goal, academics. Calling it a "corrosive example of entertainment culture" during an interview with ESPN's Bob Ley, Duderstadt suggested that college basketball, for example, "imposes on the university an alien set of values, a culture that really is not conducive to the educational mission of university." Duderstadt is part of a growing controversy. Recently, as reported inThe New York Times, an alliance between university professors and college boards of trustees formed in reaction to the growth of college sports; it's the first organization with enough clout to challenge the culture of big-time university athletics. This book is certainly part of that challenge, and is sure to influence this debate today and in the years to come. James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan.

Author Biography

James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Hail to the Victors
Introductionp. 3
Go Bluep. 16
A University President's Perspectivep. 46
How Do Things Really Work?
The Evolution of College Sportsp. 69
University 101p. 87
The Governance of Intercollegiate Athleticsp. 104
Financing College Athleticsp. 126
Cracks in the Facade
The Commercialization of College Sportsp. 149
The Student-Athletep. 189
Integrityp. 215
Institutional Controlp. 231
Tilting of Windmills
Back to Basicsp. 263
Roads of Reformp. 274
Reform or Extinction?p. 305
Epiloguep. 319
Notesp. 327
Indexp. 335
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