Beloit College Class of 2011 Mindset List

[Aqualung]

The newest Beloit College Class of 2011 Mindset List is now out.

For those of you that aren't familiar w/ this list, I quote:

A note about the Beloit College Mindset List

To save readers the time and effort of writing to us about the Beloit College Mindset List, we offer four brief explanations.

The Mindset List is not a chronological listing of things that happened in the year that the entering first-year students were born.

Our effort is to identify a worldview of 18 year-olds in the fall of 2007. We take a risk in some cases of making generalizations, particularly given that our students at Beloit College for instance come from every state and scores of nations.

The "Class of 2011" refers to students entering college this year. They are generally 18 which suggests they were born in 1989.

The list identifies the experiences and event horizons of students as they commence higher education and is not meant to reflect on their preparatory education.

We welcome correspondence, suggestions, and requests regarding the Mindset List.

Ron Nief
Tom McBride

And the list starts this way:

Most of the students entering College this fall, members of the Class of 2011, were born in 1989. For them, Alvin Ailey, Andrei Sakharov, Huey Newton, Emperor Hirohito, Ted Bundy, Abbie Hoffman, and Don the Beachcomber have always been dead.

Enjoy

 

[Monterey Jack]

That place is 15 miles from me.

 

[DaveR]

Thanks for sharing!