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The game of life : college sports and educational values / James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen ; in collaboration with Lauren A. Meserve and Roger C. Schonfeld.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2001.Description: xxxvi, 447 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 069107075X (alk. paper)
  • 9780691070759 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.04/3/0973 21
LOC classification:
  • .S48 2001
Online resources:
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: advanced 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.
Review: "Shulman and Bowen celebrate the benefits of collegiate sports, while identifying the subtle ways in which athletic intensification can pull even prestigious institutions from their missions. By examining how athletes and other graduates view the game of life - and how colleges play a role in shaping society's view of what its rules should be - Shulman and Bowen go far beyond sports. They tell us about higher education today: the ways in which colleges set policies, reinforce or neglect their core mission, and send signals about what matters."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) GV351 .S48 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000072815

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-430) and index.

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: advanced 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.

"Shulman and Bowen celebrate the benefits of collegiate sports, while identifying the subtle ways in which athletic intensification can pull even prestigious institutions from their missions. By examining how athletes and other graduates view the game of life - and how colleges play a role in shaping society's view of what its rules should be - Shulman and Bowen go far beyond sports. They tell us about higher education today: the ways in which colleges set policies, reinforce or neglect their core mission, and send signals about what matters."--BOOK JACKET.

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