Big-Time Sports in American Universities

Name: Big-Time Sports in American Universities
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ISBN: 9781107004344

ISBN-10: 1107004349

ISBN-13: 9781107004344

Edition: 2011

Authors: Charles T. Clotfelter

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For almost a century, big-time college sports has been a wildly popular but consistently problematic part of American higher education. The challenges it poses to traditional academic values have been recognized from the start, but they have grown more ominous in recent decades, as cable television has become ubiquitous, commercial opportunities have proliferated, and athletic budgets have ballooned. Drawing on new research findings, this book takes a fresh look at the role of commercial sports in American universities. It shows that, rather than being the inconsequential student activity that universities often imply that it is, big-time sports has become a core function of the…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/7/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.25" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Charles Clofelter is Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics at Duke University. He is also Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface


Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms



Commercial Sports as a University Function



Strange Bedfellows



Priorities



The Bigness of ï¿½Big Timeï¿½



The Uses of Big-Time College Sports



Consumer Good, Mass Obsession



Commercial Enterprise



Institution Builder



Beacon for Campus Culture



Reckoning



Ends and Means



Prospects for Reform


Appendix


Notes


References


Index