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The game of life : college sports and educational values /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shulman, James Lawrence, 1965-
Other Authors: Bowen, William G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
College sports > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The institutionalization and regulation of college sports in historical perspective
  • The admissions game: recruiting male athletes and the implications of selection
  • The college game: academic outcomes for men
  • Men's lives after college: advanced study, jobs, earnings
  • The development of women's athletic programs
  • New players: the recruitment and admission of women athletes
  • Women athletes in college
  • Women's lives after college: advance study, family, jobs, earnings
  • Leadership
  • Giving back
  • The financial equation: expenditures and revenues
  • Key empirical findings
  • Taking stock
  • Thinking ahead: impediments to change and proposed direction.