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Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University - A University President's Perspective (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
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Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University - A University President's Perspective (Paperback, 1st pbk. ed)
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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.
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