September 3, 2004

Mellon Fund Tackles College Sports

By WELCH SUGGS

New project focuses on academic requirements for athletes and the role of coaches

The controversies may have died down, but the final whistle hasn't blown yet on The Game of Life.

William G. Bowen's book on admissions, academics, and sports at elite colleges (Princeton University Press, 2001) and its sequel Reclaiming the Game (Princeton, 2003) have spurred numerous debates and calls for reform at Ivy League institutions and New England's small liberal-arts colleges. Now the

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