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Provides a portrait of today's college students to help inform better research, practice, and policies designed to improve the undergraduate college experience and increase participation among underserved populations. Founded on completely new research of over 10,000 students and over 3,000 student affairs practitioners.

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Provides a portrait of today's college students to help inform better research, practice, and policies designed to improve the undergraduate college experience and increase participation among underserved populations. Founded on completely new research of over 10,000 students and over 3,000 student affairs practitioners.
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THE AUTHORS 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.
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"Over the last four decades, Arthur Levine has become thepremier analyst of continuities and changes in the American collegestudent population. In this impressive and comprehensive volume,Levine and coauthor Diane Dean provide an authoritative and richlytextured picture of the much-discussed current generation."--Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education,Harvard Graduate School of Education

"Arthur Levine and Diane R. Dean take the long view oftoday's generation of college students. This is a brilliantexamination of what has shaped our young people, what they aredoing with the tools they have, and where they are headed. It is adiagnosis of what ails them, a celebration of their strengths, anda compelling and generous prescription for their future--andours." --Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse FletcherUniversity Professor, Harvard University

"Through this captivating portrait of the aspirations,values, and unique needs of today's college students, Levineand Dean's clearly written and engaging book ought togenerate a national discussion of how higher education can berestructured in order to respond to and prepare the next generationof college-educated adults--not only for effective functioningin the workplace, but also to live lives as whole human beings whocan help to lead our society to a healthier place."--Alexander W. Astin and Helen S. Astin, distinguishedprofessors of higher education emeriti, UCLA, and authors,Cultivating the Spirit: How Higher Education can EnhanceStudents' Inner Lives

"I can't say enough about how important this work is.This book is right on the mark for what needs to be known andunderstood about today's college students by those who areresponsible for educating the future leaders and citizens of theworld." --Gwen Dungy, Executive Director, Emeritus,NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

"Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today'sCollege Student is a must-read for college presidents,administrators, and professors as well as parents, employers, andgovernment leaders--who all have a stake in student success.Understanding who today's college students are is essentialas we collaboratively develop and deliver the education that willprepare this generation to build our future." --Nancy L.Zimpher, Chancellor, State University of New York
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