Sport and the Neoliberal University: Profit, Politics, and Pedagogy (The American Campus) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813587700 ISBN 13: 9780813587707

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2018

Synopsis

College students are now regarded as consumers, not students, and nowhere is the growth and exploitation of the university more obvious than in the realm of college sports, where the evidence is in the stadiums built with corporate money, and the crowded sporting events sponsored by large conglomerates. 

The contributors to Sport and the Neoliberal University examine how intercollegiate athletics became a contested terrain of public/private interests. They look at college sports from economic, social, legal, and cultural perspectives to cut through popular mythologies regarding intercollegiate athletics and to advocate for increased clarity about what is going on at a variety of campuses with regard to athletics. Focusing on current issues, including the NCAA, Title IX, recruitment of high school athletes, and the Penn State scandal, among others, Sport and the Neoliberal University shows the different ways institutions, individuals, and corporations are interacting with university athletics in ways that are profoundly shaped by neoliberal ideologies.

About this title

About the Author

RYAN KING-WHITE is an associate professor in the kinesiology department at Towson University in Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813587700
• ISBN 13: 9780813587707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242
• Editor: King-White Ryan