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Teens

The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment

November 14, 2008 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

As the fall term winds down, have any students enabled you to cling to The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment? Here's  what Tim Clydesdale, an associate professor of sociology at the College of New Jersey and author of The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens After High School (University of Chicago Press, 2007),  writes on the topic: “Most of the mainstream American teens I spoke with neither liberated themselves intellectually nor broadened themselves socially during their first year out." ...  “What teens … [Read more...] about The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment

Filed Under: Academic Vocations, Christ and the Academy, Mentoring, The University Tagged With: Enlightenment, First-Year Students, Mentoring, Teens

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