Hoosier Honor Bob Knight and Academic Success at Indiana University

Name: Hoosier Honor Bob Knight and Academic Success at Indiana University
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ISBN: 9780275934477

ISBN-10: 0275934470

ISBN-13: 9780275934477

Edition: 1990

Authors: Robert P. Sulek

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College student-athletes are often a study of failure--a failure in graduation, in setting priorities, in having dreams fulfilled. Over 65 percent of all college athletes might not graduate. Only a handful of NCAA schools combine excellent basketball with a consistent level of graduation. One aim of this book is to help current college athletes to graduate by documenting a success story--Indiana University. The volume does not focus on Indiana's "basketball" success but instead its "academic" success under the seventeen-year tenure of Coach Knight. The author first details the failure of present sports programs in low graduation levels, abuse and exploitation of athletes, and in spirit and…

Book details

Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 4/23/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Introduction


An Indiana Player


Genesis of the Study: The Problem


Bobby Knight Elizabeth ""Buzz"" Kurpius


Case Study of Jay Edwards


Hard-Love Postscript to Jay Edwards


The UI Record and Comparisons


Conclusion A Memory of Childhood


Appendix: List of Interviewees


Selected Bibliography


Index