College Sports and Institutional Values in Competition

This book explores the significance of athletics within higher education and why it poses such a challenge for clear, consistent reform in leadership.

Jennifer Lee Hoffman is an Associate Professor in the College of Education's Center for Leadership in Athletics at the University of Washington, USA. Dr. Hoffman was the recipient of ASHE's 2021 Special Merit Award.

Foreword by James Soto Antony Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: College Sports and Institutional Values Chapter 2: 'Going To A D1 School' Chapter 3: Towns, Colleges, and Their Sports Chapter 4: The Front Porch, Campus Mission and The Market Chapter 5: Championships, Spectacle, and Subsidy Chapter 6: Professionalized Pursuits, Educational Impacts Chapter 7: Is Separate Still Equal? Chapter 8: The Right Kind of Activism Chapter 9: 'Low Profile, Decentralized, and Incremental' Chapter 10: Change is Already Here