TY - BOOK ID - 77878596 TI - Intercollegiate athletics and the American university : a university president's perspective PY - 2003 SN - 1282423282 9786612423284 0472021915 9780472021918 0472089439 9780472089437 PB - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, DB - UniCat KW - College sports KW - College athletics KW - Collegiate sports KW - Intercollegiate athletics KW - Intercollegiate sports KW - Universities and colleges KW - University athletics KW - University sports KW - Athletics KW - Physical education and training KW - School sports KW - Corrupt practices KW - Management. KW - Social aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Sports KW - Management KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77878596 AB - 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. ER -