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Haworth, Karla – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
College summer basketball camps and tournaments have become crucial to elite high school players wanting to showcase their talents to obtain college scholarships or gain attention of professional basketball scouts. Critics of the camp system feel it contributes to a "sick" culture in college basketball that devalues education and emphasizes money,…
Descriptors: Athletes, Basketball, Career Development, College Athletics
Hoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The college admissions process teaches students how to express themselves during interviews, how to describe their best qualities in application essays. It may also make them wary of college marketing campaigns, and skeptical of being treated as a statistics, due to the large role played by standardized-test scores and grade-point averages. Such…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, College Applicants, Standardized Tests, Marketing