The Game of Life : : College Sports and Educational Values / / William G. Bowen, James L. Shulman.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | With a New preface by the authors |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The William G. Bowen Series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 16 tables, 82 figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Prelude: Four Snapshots
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Institutionalization and Regulation of College Sports in Historical Perspective
- Chapter 2. The Admissions Game: Recruiting Male Athletes and the Implications of Selection
- Chapter 3. The College Game: Academic Outcomes for Men
- Chapter 4. Men's Lives after College: Advanced Study, Jobs, Earnings
- Chapter 5. The Development of Women's Athletic Programs
- Chapter 6. New Players: The Recruitment and Admission of Women Athletes
- Chapter 7. Women Athletes in College
- Chapter 8. Women's Lives after College: Advanced Study, Family, Jobs, Earnings
- Chapter 9. Leadership
- Chapter 10. Giving Back
- Chapter 11. The Financial Equation: Expenditures and Revenues
- Chapter 12. Key Empirical Findings
- Chapter 13. Taking Stock
- Chapter 14. Thinking Ahead: Impediments to Change and Proposed Directions
- Appendix A: Scorecards
- Appendix B: Supplementary Data
- Notes
- References
- Index