Reclaiming the Game : : College Sports and Educational Values / / William G. Bowen, Sarah A. Levin.
In Reclaiming the Game, William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, and other students. In a field overwhelmed by reliance on anecdotes, the factual findings are striking--and sobering. Anyone seriously concerned about hi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The William G. Bowen Series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (440 p.) :; 54 line illus. 39 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part A. Athletes on Campus Today
- Chapter 2. Recruitment of College Athletes
- Chapter 3. The Admissions Advantage
- Chapter 4. Athletes in College: Academic Credentials, Athletic Participation, and Campus Culture
- Chapter 5. Academic Outcomes
- Chapter 6. Academic Underperformance
- Part B. Forces Creating the Athletic Divide
- Chapter 7. Orbits of Competition: The Role of the Conference
- Chapter 8. The Widening Athletic Divide
- Chapter 9. The Athletic Divide in Context
- Part C. The Higher Ground: A Reform Agenda
- Chapter 10. Retaking the High Ground
- Chapter 11. Reform at the Institutional and Conference Levels: Recruiting, Admissions, and Coaching
- Chapter 12. Reform at the Institutional and Conference Levels: The Athletic Program
- Chapter 13. Reform at the National Level
- Chapter 14. Achieving Change
- Summary
- Notes