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...authored by Bowen and the Mellon Foundation’s James L. Shulman, the book’s criticism of professional-style recruiting and commercialization in college sports has generated much controversy and even more readership in administrative offices like Lewis’ across the country...
Bowen and Shulman rank among the preeminent experts on college admissions. With former Harvard president Derek C. Bok, Bowen co-authored an influential study on affirmative action at top colleges, The Shape of the River, a project Shulman contributed to as well...
...book, Bowen and Shulman question whether the pursuit of high-profile athletic programs has diverted many colleges from their academic missions...
...Shulman and Bowen also seek to dispel the “myth” that alumni giving depends on athletic success. According to The Game of Life, survey data show that alumni would rather their contributions go to initiatives such as undergraduate education or residential life than athletics...
...Bowen-Shulman book has stimulated a national discussion in which the Ivy League is certainly involved,” Lewis says. “[But] it’s a little confusing to take some of the major conclusions from the subject of the book to apply them to the Ivy League. We are in many cases different despite their attempts to fold us into their conclusions...