Generation on a tightrope : a portrait of today's college student /
Arthur Levine, Diane R. Dean.
- Third edition.
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2012]
- xxiv, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
- The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-218) and index.
"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"--
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