Big-Time Sports in American Universities

by Charles T. Clotfelter

Book Overview

For almost a century, big-time college sport 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107004349
• ISBN13: 9781107004344
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"