Book description
An understanding of today's undergraduate college students is vital to
the effectiveness of our nation's colleges and universities. As
Generation on a Tightrope
clearly reveals, today's students need a very different education than
the undergraduates who came before them: an education for the 21st
Century, which colleges and universities are so far ill-equipped to
offer and which will require major changes of them to provide. Examining
college student expectations, aspirations, academics, attitudes, values,
beliefs, social life, and politics, this book paints an accurate
portrait of today's students. Timely and comprehensive, this volume
offers educators, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and
employers guidance and a much-needed grasp of the forces shaping the
experiences of current undergraduates. The book:
- Is based on completely new research of 5,000 college students and
student affairs practitioners from 270 diverse college campuses
- Explores the similarities and differences between today's
generation of students and previous generations
Arthur Levine is president of the Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation. Previously, he was president and professor of
education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Diane R. Dean is associate professor of higher education policy
and administration at Illinois State University.
