History of Intercollegiate Athletics

The United States is the only country in the world in which practically every institution of higher education finances and promotes high-caliber athletics. How did this phenomenon happen? Has there ever been any resistance to its happening? How and when did African Americans integrate collage sports? Did Title IX really open up opportunities for women in college sports? Are sports the “front door” of colleges and universities? This course examines these and other questions as it examines the interrelationship between the histories of sports and higher education in the U.S.