The New England Small College Athletic Conference

A History

Dan Covell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

273 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8850-3 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	28.06.2022
Zusatzinfo	14 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-8850-8 / 1476688508
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8850-3 / 9781476688503
Zustand	Neuware