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New England Small College Athletic Conference A History

Covell, Dan
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781476688503
Publisert
2022-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Covell, Dan

Om bidragsyterne

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.

New England Small College Athletic Conference A History

Covell, Dan
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
Covell, Dan
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
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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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The New England Small College Athletic Conference has won glowing appraisals in the sporting press since its founding in 1971. 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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Table of Contents

Foreword by Stephen Hardy
Introduction: “The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts”
1. An Ideal Is Born: The Future NESCACs in the Emerging Intercollegiate Athletics Landscape
2. Establishing the Pentagonal Agreement: The Challenges of Formalization and ­Self-Interest
3. Alex Schulten, the 1.6 Rule, and the Artifice of the Ideal Image Exposed
4. The “Potted Ivy” Conference: From the Pentagonal Agreement to NESCAC
5. The New Conference Faces Immediate Challenges
6. “When All Hell Broke Loose”: The Realities of Postseason Play
7. No Longer So Pure and Simple: Managing the AP-Era Ideal
8. Recruiting: The Realities of Athletics Resource Acquisition
Epilogue: The Cultivation of a New Image Era
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
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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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The New England Small College Athletic Conference has won glowing appraisals in the sporting press since its founding in 1971. 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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Table of Contents

Foreword by Stephen Hardy
Introduction: “The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts”
1. An Ideal Is Born: The Future NESCACs in the Emerging Intercollegiate Athletics Landscape
2. Establishing the Pentagonal Agreement: The Challenges of Formalization and ­Self-Interest
3. Alex Schulten, the 1.6 Rule, and the Artifice of the Ideal Image Exposed
4. The “Potted Ivy” Conference: From the Pentagonal Agreement to NESCAC
5. The New Conference Faces Immediate Challenges
6. “When All Hell Broke Loose”: The Realities of Postseason Play
7. No Longer So Pure and Simple: Managing the AP-Era Ideal
8. Recruiting: The Realities of Athletics Resource Acquisition
Epilogue: The Cultivation of a New Image Era
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781476688503
Publisert
2022-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
363 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Covell, Dan

Om bidragsyterne

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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