Games Colleges Play: - Scandal and Reform in Intercollegiate Athletics

Informationen zum Autor John R. Thelin is the University Research Professor Emeritus of the history of higher education and public policy at the University of Kentucky. His numerous books include A History of American Higher Education and Games Colleges Play . Klappentext This text chronicles the history of intercollegiate athletics from 1910 to 1990, from the early days to the modern era of big budgets, powerful coaches and pampered players. It should inform current policy discussions about the proper place of intercollegiate athletics in the American university.

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• Authors: John R. Thelin, John R. (University of Kentucky) Thelin, Thelin John R.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.1996
• EAN: 9780801855047
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5504-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SPORTS & RECREATION / Track & Field, Secondary Schools, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Schools, Higher education, tertiary education, Track & Field Sports, Athletics, Track and field sports, athletics, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Schools / General