This project will specifically focus on the symbiotic relationship between the intercollegiate athletics program and corporatization of educational functions and leadership at Towson University as emblematic of the influence that neoliberal corporate capitalism has had on institutions of higher education and its stakeholders. We offer a genealogy of Towson University athletics to interrogate how the athletics program is a byproduct of, and vehicle for, the ascent of commercial imperatives and growing the consumer experience at the corporate university through authoritarian leadership and centralized governance. We conclude by making the argument that the corporate university lacks any real semblance of shared governance and that it has been to the very real detriment of the many stakeholders administrators suggest they are beholden to.

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理想企业大学中的体育运动：陶森大学运动项目发展的谱系

该项目将特别关注大学间体育项目与陶森大学教育职能和领导力的公司化之间的共生关系，作为新自由主义企业资本主义对高等教育机构及其利益相关者的影响的象征。我们提供了陶森大学田径运动的谱系，以探究田径项目如何成为商业需求上升和通过专制领导和集中治理在企业大学提升消费者体验的副产品和载体。最后，我们提出这样一个论点，即企业大学缺乏任何真正的共享治理，而且这对许多利益相关者管理者表示他们应受的利益造成了非常真实的损害。