New England Small College Athletic Conference

A History

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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The New England Small College Athletic Conference has won glowing appraisals in the sporting press since its founding in 1971. Established to strengthen intercollegiate sports in harmony with the high academic standards of its members--11 prestigious liberal arts colleges--the NESCAC is committed to equity and inclusion in athletic programs, and to providing only need-based financial aid. The Conference's reputation attracts many gifted student athletes. Drawing extensively on campus archives, media reports and interviews, this book compares the NESCAC's lofty strategy to reality, with a focus on recruiting, admissions, financial aid and diversity goals.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-07-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:273
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476688503

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Dan Covell is a professor of sport management in the College of Business at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts. He has worked in public and private secondary education as a coach, teacher and athletic administrator, and had a one-year administrative internship in Harvard University’s athletic department.

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Table of ContentsForeword by Stephen HardyIntroduction: “The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts”1. An Ideal Is Born: The Future NESCACs in the Emerging Intercollegiate Athletics Landscape2. Establishing the Pentagonal Agreement: The Challenges of Formalization and Self-Interest3. Alex Schulten, the 1.6 Rule, and the Artifice of the Ideal Image Exposed4. The “Potted Ivy” Conference: From the Pentagonal Agreement to NESCAC5. The New Conference Faces Immediate Challenges6. “When All Hell Broke Loose”: The Realities of Postseason Play7. No Longer So Pure and Simple: Managing the AP-Era Ideal8. Recruiting: The Realities of Athletics Resource AcquisitionEpilogue: The Cultivation of a New Image EraChapter NotesBibliographyIndex