College Sports Reform: Where Are the Faculty?.

Weistart, John C.

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ERIC Number: EJ358181

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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College Sports Reform: Where Are the Faculty?

Weistart, John C.

Academe, v73 n4 p12-17 Jul-Aug 1987

Evidence suggests a common and consistent failure by college faculty to read available signals of improprieties in college athletics programs. The structure of the link between academics and athletics should be reexamined and the responsibility of the faculty reconsidered. (MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Standards, Athletes, College Athletics, College Faculty, Educational Change, Governance, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Program Design, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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