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Generation on a tightrope : a portrait of today's college student / Arthur Levine, Diane R. Dean.

By: Contributor(s): Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2012]Edition: Third editionDescription: xxiv, 227 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780470376294
Related works:
  • continues (work): Levine, Arthur. When hope and fear collide
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/98 23
LOC classification:
  • LA229 .L417 2012
Other classification:
  • EDU038000
Summary: "An understanding of today's college students is vital to the effectiveness of our nation's colleges and universities. The third in a series on college student expectations, aspirations, academics, attitudes, values, beliefs, social life and politics, this book presents an accurate portrait of today's undergraduate college students. Covering the main topic areas of the two previous works, it also contains new chapters and makes comparisons across generations. Timely and comprehensive, this volume gives researchers, practitioners, and policymakers a much-needed grasp of the forces shaping the experiences of current undergraduates"-- Provided by publisher.

"An understanding of today's college students is vital to the effectiveness of our nation's colleges and universities. The third in a series on college student expectations, aspirations, academics, attitudes, values, beliefs, social life and politics, this book presents an accurate portrait of today's undergraduate college students. Covering the main topic areas of the two previous works, it also contains new chapters and makes comparisons across generations. Timely and comprehensive, this volume gives researchers, practitioners, and policymakers a much-needed grasp of the forces shaping the experiences of current undergraduates"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-218) and index.

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