The New England Small College Athletic Conference: A History

by Dan Covell

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476645797
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/20/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	273
Sales rank:	575,123
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.
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

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