Beer and circus : how big-time college sports is crippling undergraduate education /
"Murray Sperber takes us beyond the headlines and the public controversies to explore the profound and tragic impact of big-time intercollegiate athletics on undergraduate education. Sperber explodes cherished myths about college sports, particularly at "Big-time U's," the large...
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Natura: | Libro |
Lingua: | English |
Pubblicazione: | New York : Henry Holt, 2000. |
Edizione: | First edition. |
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Sommario:
- Animal House
- College sports winners and losers
- The NCAA, the tube, and the fans
- Corporate beer-and-circus
- Admissions office scams
- The Flutie factor
- Shaft the undergraduates
- The great researcher = great teacher myth
- New Siwash in red ink
- Student mix and match
- The faculty/student nonaggression pact
- Cheating
- Undergraduate education triage : honors program lifeboats
- Cheap beer : the oxygen of the Greek system
- Drinking off-campus and far off-campus (spring break)
- Party round the team
- Rally round the team--as long as it wins and covers the spread
- College Sports MegaInc.
- College Sports MegaInc. versus undergraduate education
- Who loves the jocks?
- The New 3 R's
- Conclusion: what should happen versus what probably will happen.