Football as a Status System in U.S. Higher Education

Sociology of Education

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-219

  Lifschitz, Arik ^a   Sauder, Michael ^b   Stevens, Mitchell L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

college rankings; higher education; intercollegiate sports; social closure; status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903149228     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040714533353     Document Type: Article

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