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The New England Small College Athletic Conference : a history / Dan Covell ; foreword by Stephen Hardy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476645797
  • 1476645795
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: New England small college athletic conference; No titleDDC classification:
  • 796.04/30974 23/eng/20220624
LOC classification:
  • GV351.3.N48 C68 2022
Other classification:
  • SPO000000
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Contents:
Foreword by Stephen Hardy -- Introduction: "The sweatiest of the liberal arts" -- An ideal Is born: The future NESCACs in the emerging intercollegiate athletics landscape -- Establishing the Pentagonal Agreement: -- The challenges of formalization and self-interest -- Alex Schulten, the 1.6 rule, and the artifice of the ideal image exposed -- The "Potted Ivy" conference: from the pentagonal agreement to NESCAC -- The new conference faces immediate challenges -- "When all hell broke loose": The realities of postseason play -- No longer so pure and simple: managing the ap-era ideal -- Recruiting: the realities of athletics resource acquisition -- Epilogue: the cultivation of a new image era -- Chapter notes.
Summary: "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 of the most gifted student athletes in the U.S. 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"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Foreword by Stephen Hardy -- Introduction: "The sweatiest of the liberal arts" -- An ideal Is born: The future NESCACs in the emerging intercollegiate athletics landscape -- Establishing the Pentagonal Agreement: -- The challenges of formalization and self-interest -- Alex Schulten, the 1.6 rule, and the artifice of the ideal image exposed -- The "Potted Ivy" conference: from the pentagonal agreement to NESCAC -- The new conference faces immediate challenges -- "When all hell broke loose": The realities of postseason play -- No longer so pure and simple: managing the ap-era ideal -- Recruiting: the realities of athletics resource acquisition -- Epilogue: the cultivation of a new image era -- Chapter notes.

"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 of the most gifted student athletes in the U.S. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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