"We're All Playing Games": The Incompatibility of Athletic and Academic Excellence.

Hochfield, George

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Publication Date: 1987

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"We're All Playing Games": The Incompatibility of Athletic and Academic Excellence.

Hochfield, George

Academe, v73 n4 p39-43 Jul-Aug 1987

An outspoken opponent of big-time college athletics expresses his objections to his university's choosing to upgrade its athletic program from Division III to Division I, and counters arguments commonly made in favor of Division I sports. (MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alumni, College Athletics, College Faculty, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Program Design, School Responsibility, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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