Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Do athletics affect academics positively or negatively?
Stephen Karlsson and John Palmer say nay. The local paper has been critical lately of the University of Minnesota's spending on new coaches. But there is some evideicne out there if you want to look at it. A few sources:
- Fleisher, Goff and Tolllison, The NCAA: A study in cartel behavior (1992) contains a chapter by the latter two examining the relationship between football success and academic contributions, and finds an effect.
- Paul Grimes and George Cressanthis, 53 Am J Econ Soc 27-40 (1995), argue that athletics success increases donations to the academic programs of universities.
- Toma and Cross, 39 Res Higher Ed 633-661 (1998), argues that athletic success induces more applications from students to the university.
