Intercollegiate athletics and the American university : a university president's perspective / James J. Duderstadt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duderstadt, James J., 1942-2024.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College sports--Corrupt practices--United States.

College sports.

College sports--United States--Management.

College sports--Social aspects--United States.

College sports--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 339 pages)

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After decades of domination on campus, college sports' supremacy has begun to weaken. "Enough, already!" detractors cry. College is about learning, not chasing a ball around to the whir of TV cameras. In Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University James Duderstadt agrees, taking the view that the increased commercialization of intercollegiate athletics endangers our universities and their primary goal, academics. Calling it a "corrosive example of entertainment culture" during an interview with ESPN's Bob Ley, Duderstadt suggested that college basketball, for example, "imposes on the university an alien set of values, a culture that really is not conducive to the educational mission of university." Duderstadt is part of a growing controversy. Recently, as reported in The New York Times, an alliance between university professors and college boards of trustees formed in reaction to the growth of college sports; it's the first organization with enough clout to challenge the culture of big-time university athletics. This book is certainly part of that challenge, and is sure to influence this debate today and in the years to come. James J. Duderstadt is President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan.

Contents:

Part I. Hail to the victors

Introduction

Go blue

A university president's perspective

Part II. How do things really work?

The evolution of college sports

University 101

The governance of intercollegiate athletics

Financing college athletics

Part III. Cracks in the facade

The commercialization of college sports

The student-athlete

Integrity

Institutional control

Part IV. Tilting at windmills

Back to basics

Roads to reform

Reform or extinction?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612423284

9781282423282

1282423282

9780472021918

0472021915

OCLC:

743199456