When hope and fear collide : a portrait of today's college student / Arthur Levine and Jeanette S. Cureton.

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In his 1980 book When Dreams and Heroes Died, Arthur Levine presented a portrait of a generation of college students without heroes - a generation optimistic about their own futures, but pessimistic about the future of the country and the world. These students turned inward, away from activism and c...

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Main Author: Levine, Arthur
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Cureton, Jeanette S., 1946-
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Subjects:
United States.
USA.
College students > United States.
College students > United States > Attitudes.
College students > Political activity > United States.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.
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Physical Description:xx, 187 pages ; 24 m.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • ch. 1. Generation without a name
  • ch. 2. Flaws, problems, and decline: the new localism
  • ch. 3. Campus politics: let the buyer beware
  • ch. 4. Multiculturalism: the campus divided
  • ch. 5. Personal life: retreat from intimacy
  • ch. 6. Academics: search for an insurance policy
  • ch. 7. Future: doing well or doing good
  • ch. 8. Conclusion: a transitional generation.