Strengthening higher education through gridiron success? Public perceptions of the impact of national football championships on academic quality

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 851-862

  Goidel, Robert Kirby ^a   Hamilton, John Maxwell ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750451986     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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