The Miseducation of the Student Athlete : : How to Fix College Sports / / Kenneth L. Shropshire, Collin D. Williams.
2018 DIGITAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SOCIAL IMPACT BOOKThe student-athlete's life: practice, gym, weight room, film review, repeat. Simply put, sports come first. Academics is a distant second. As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: Righting a Misguided Discourse
- Chapter 1 Money and College Sports
- Chapter 2 The Miseducation of the Student-Athlete
- Chapter 3 Time for Change?
- Chapter 4 The Solution: Constructive, Disruptive Systemic Change
- Chapter 5 Moving toward Change and Implementing Solutions
- Conclusion: Academic and Athletic Success
- Acknowledgment
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors
- About Wharton School Press
- About The Wharton School