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ERIC Number: EJ595188
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Athletics in American Colleges.
Cowley, W. H.
Journal of Higher Education, v70 n5 p494-503 Sep-Oct 1999
Summarizes the recent report on college athletics by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which cites nine unfavorable results of athletic development on college students and examines administration of athletics, its excesses, athletic participation and its relationship to student health, the role of coaches, collegiate competition, the press, and the values of athletics. (Originally published in 1930) (MSE)
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, College Environment, College Students, Competition, Costs, Educational History, Educational Trends, Health, Higher Education, Mass Media, Program Administration, Student Participation, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching
Note: Theme issue: "Special Anniversary Issue: A Look Back."