Big-time football's place in higher education

Historian Brian Ingrassia speaks about the origins of college football in the late 1800's and traces the evolution of the sport to a multi-million dollar athletic spectacle on university campuses. His new book is "The Rise of the Gridiron University: Higher Education's Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football." He spoke November 9, 2012 at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Guests

• Brian Ingrassia: Professor of history, Middle Tennessee State University. Author of "The Rise of the Gridiron University: Higher Education's Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football."

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Resources

• about Brian Ingrassia
• Clinton School speakers series