
- 249 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
College Life through the Eyes of Students
About this book
Presents the perspectives of contemporary college students on their lives and educations.
The struggles and achievements of today's college students are thrown into stark relief in this fascinating account of how such students make meaning of their lives. Author Mary Grigsby uses the voices of students themselves to discuss how they view, adjust to, and participate in the college student culture of a large midwestern university and to explore what they think of their educational experiences. Topics include a look at a typical day on campus, student subcultures and the lifestyles they engender, whether college life conforms to the images and scenarios of popular culture, and student approaches to making it through college. Going to college has become the major coming-of-age experience for many people in the United States, and Mary Grigsby has provided a compelling, readable, and up-to-date account of this formative period.
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Table of contents
- COLLEGE LIFE THROUGH THE EYES OF STUDENTS
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. INTRODUCTION: College Life through the Eyes of Students
- 2. PARENT POLITICS: The Intersections of Class, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity in Student and Parent Relationships
- 3. GENERALIZED COLLEGE STUDENT CULTURE
- 4. USING THE CULTURAL TOOL KIT: College Student Cultural Orientations
- 5. BLUEPRINTS OF INDIVIDUALISM AND LIFE TRAJECTORIES IN LATE MODERNITY
- APPENDICES
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX