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The 'Front Porch': Examining the Increasing Interconnection of
University and Athletic Department Funding: AEHE Volume 41,
Number 5 (J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE))

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Higher education and intercollegiate athletics have long had a complicated relationship. Examining
the interconnection between the two and from a variety of theoretical and practical angles, this
volume highlights many of the debates surrounding higher education and intercollegiate athletics
and the financial dependency between these two long-standing entities. Topics include: a
comprehensive history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association,an examination of the
funding mechanisms utilized by intercollegiate athletic departments,an in-depth magnification of
the increasing corporatization of higher education and athletics, anda look into potential future
debates and lines of inquiry surrounding this topic. This is the 5th issue of the 41st volume of the
Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of
a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional
experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then
commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript
before publication.