Reclaiming the Game
Subtitle: College Sports and Educational Values
Contributors: James L. Shulman (Contributor); Colin G. Campbell (Contributor); Susanne C. Pichler (Contributor); Martin A. Kurzweil (Contributor)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780691116204
Subjects: Higher & further education; Organization & management of education; Sports training & coaching; Sports & Recreation; Education / Teaching; Sports; USA; Educational Policy & Reform; General; Higher; Economics; Sociology; Sports & Recreation / General; Aims and objectives; College athletes; College sports; Education; Education, Higher; United States
First sentence: IN NO OTHER country in the world is athletics so embedded within the in structure of higher education as in United States.
Description: "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 higher education will find it hard to wish away the evidence that athletic recruitment is problematic even at those schools that do not offer athletic scholarships."--Jacket.