Cultural

The article in The Christian Century was prompted by the 2001 publication of the book The Game of Life by James Schulman and William Bowen. Hal Scott, Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School, is major critic of the book’s conclusions. For a summary of Scott’s arguments click here.

A complete version of Professor Scott's critique of The Game of Life can be downloaded as a PDF file from this site

What do you think? Should athletes be given preferential admission to college? This article from the Journal of the American Association of University Professors reviews two recent books on the topic, Reclaiming the Game by William Bowen and Sarah Levin, which furthers the arguments against the preferential treatment of college athletes, and Football U by James Toma, which defends the system of big-time college sports. The review article is highly supportive of the former and highly critical of the latter, and offers an accurate summary of the points being made in the controversy.