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73
Ibid.
, p. S-22.

74
Ibid.
, p. S-28.

75
Ibid.
, p. S-34.

76
Ibid.
, p. S-41.

77
Ibid.
, p. S-57.

78
Teacher-Course Evaluation Book 1986
(Durham, N.C.: Duke University Publications Board, 1986), 21, 22, 23.

79
Ibid.
, pp. 59, 60, 61.

80
“Rating the Faculty,”
California Review
, June 1991, p. 12.

81
“The Best and the Bogus,”
Northwestern Review
, November 17, 1989, p. 5.

82
“What Am I in For?”
California Review of Berkeley
, November 1989, pp.8, 9.

83
Committee on Undergraduate Education,
CUE Course Evaluation Guide
, 1987-88, pp. 124, 185, 198, 246, 275, 323, 365.

84
Henry Rosovsky,
The University: An Owner’s Manual
(New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1990), p. 91. See also J. H. Hexter, “Publish or Perish—A Defense,”
The Public interest
, Fall 1969, pp. 66-67.

85
“Ameliorate Advising System,”
Columbia Daily Spectator
, March 3, 1989, p. 3.

86
Natalie and Gerald Sirkin, “Saving Education,”
Stanford Review
, January 14, 1991, p. 3.

87
“The Graduate,”
Life
, August 1987, p. 25.

88
William F. Buckley, Jr., “Introduction,”
The National Review College Guide: America’s 50 Top Liberal Arts Schools
(New York: The National Review, Inc., 1991), p. vii.

89
Letter from Professor Arthur Jaffe, Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, November 25, 1987.

90
See, for example, Page Smith,
Killing the Spirit: Higher Education in America
(New York: The Viking Press, 1990), Chapter 1, 13; Carolyn J. Mooney, “Efforts to Cut Amount of ‘Trivial’ Scholarship Win New Backing from Many Academics,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, May 22, 1991, p. A1.

91
Carolyn J. Mooney, “Professors Feel Conflict Between Roles in Teaching and Research, Say Students Are Badly Prepared,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, May 8, 1991, p. A15.

92
“Change Trendlines,”
Change
, May/June 1991, pp. 25, 26.

93
David Riesman,
On Higher Education
, p. 20. For similar attitudes among the scientists, see Charles J. Sykes,
The Hollow Men
(Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway, 1990), p. 149.

94
Ellen W. Schrecker,
No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1986), p. 18.

95
Martin J. Finkelstein,
The American Academic Profession: A Synthesis of Social Scientific Inquiry since World War II
(Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1984), p. 75.

96
Jacques Barzun,
Teacher in America
(Indianapolis: Liberty Press, 1981), p. 259.

97
Robert Nisbet, “The Future of Tenure,”
On Learning and Change
, edited by the editors of
Change
Magazine (New Rochelle: Change Magazine, 1973), p. 47.

98
Andrew Oldenquist, “Tenure: Academe’s Peculiar Institution,”
Morality, Responsibility, and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics
, edited by Steven M. Cahn (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990), p. 57.

99
As just one example, Dr. Peter Duignan of the Hoover Institution has authored or co-authored a number of works on Africa which have been praised in scholarly journals around the world over a period of a quarter of a century, but he has never been on the faculty of any college or university. At a time when recognized authorities who are liberal professors are being forced out of ideologically sensitive courses on race and ethnicity for not being far enough to the left—Stephan Thernstrom at Harvard and Reynolds Farley at Michigan being liberals—there is little or no prospect of many conservative scholars being hired to contribute to the “diversity” so loudly proclaimed and so little in evidence intellectually.

100
Sarah Lawrence College, 1988-98
, p. 73.

101
Whittier College Catalogue of Courses, 1990-92
, pp. 108-110.

102
Adam Smith,
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
(New York: The Modern Library, 1937), p. 718.

103
Jacques Barzun,
Teacher in America
, p. 283.

104
Ibid.
, p. 263.

CHAPTER 9: ATHLETIC SUPPORT

1
“Athletics Revenues and Expenditures of NCAA Institutions,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, December 5, 1990, p. A36.

2
“This Season’s Bowl Games,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, December 12, 1990, p. A25.

3
“Share of NCAA Basketball Money for Conferences in Division I, 1990-91,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, October 31, 1990, p. A37.

4
“Median Salaries of College and University Administrators, 1989-90,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Almanac
, September 5, p. 22; “Average Faculty Salaries, 1989-90,”
ibid.
, p. 23.

5
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.: The Athletic Department vs. The University
(New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1990), p. 149.

6
Ibid.
, p. 88.

7
Ibid.
, pp. 16, 102.

8
Ibid.
, p. 117.

9
Ibid.
, pp. 124-125.

10
Ibid.
, pp. 131-135.

11
ibid.
, p. 15.

12
“Athletic Revenues and Expenditures of NCAA Institutions,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, December 5, 1990, p. A36.

13
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.
, pp. 2-3.

14
“Of Steroids and Scholarships: Eli Commish Talks to Spec,”
Columbia Daily Spectator
, February 8, 1989, p. 5.

15
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.
, pp. 85-89.

16
Ibid.
, p. 89.

17
Douglas Lederman, “Top Sports Programs’ Costs Found to Outrun Inflation,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, December 5, 1990, p. A36.

18
“Athletic Revenues and Expenditures of NCAA Institutions,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, December 5, 1990, p. A36.

19
“Rankings of Universities’ Reputations and Number of Faculty Publications,”
New York Times
, January 17, 1983, p. 9.

20
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.
, pp. 70-81.

21
Ibid.
, p. 73.

22
Peter Rapalus, “Scholar-Athlete Standards Affirmed,”
Stanford University Campus Report
, January 16, 1991, p. 8.

23
Tim Hevly, “Whitman Skiers No. 1,”
The Whitman College Pioneer
, March 10, 1988, p. 1.

24
Rich Thomas, “Koger Honored by NCAA,”
Bryn Mawr/Haverford News
, September 23, 1988, p. 16.

25
Jill Daniels, “Athletic Scholarships Determined by Need,”
The Stanford Daily, November 2, 1989
, p. 1.

26
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.
, pp. 100-102.

27
Ibid.
, pp. 211-213.

28
“Choosing the Class of 1983,”
Time
, April 9, 1979, p. 73; Penny Hollander Feldman, “Recruiting an Elite: Admission to Harvard,” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Government, Harvard University, May 1975, pp. 96-97.

29
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.
, pp. 252-253.

30
Harry Edwards, “The Black ‘Dumb Jock’: An American Tragedy,”
College Board Review
, Spring 1984, p. 9.

31
Douglas Lederman, “Black Athletes Who Entered Colleges in Mid-80s Had Much Weaker Records Than Whites, Study Finds,”
The Chronicle of Higher Education
, July 10, 1991, p. A30.

32
Studies of Intercollegiate Athletics Report No. 1: Summary Results from the 1987-88 National Study of Intercollegiate Athletes
(Washington, D.C.: American Institutes for Research, 1988), p. 8.

33
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.
, pp. 302-303.

34
Douglas Lederman,
Chronicle of Higher Education
, January 30, 1991, p. A33.

35
“Contemporary Middle East,”
The Confidential Guide: Courses at Harvard-Radcliffe 1987-1988
(Cambridge, Mass.: The Harvard Crimson, Inc., 1987), pp. 30, 49, 92.

36
Murray Sperber,
College Sports Inc.
, p. 277.

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