A Peek Into the Mind of the Average College Freshman

Yes, professor, you really are getting old. Just take a look at the members of this year's freshman class.

Assuming the students in that class were born in 1990, they would have been conceived about the same time as the World Wide Web, taken their first steps as Clarence Thomas took the Supreme Court oath, and had their entire lives to angle for a gig with Teach for America. And the Warsaw Pact— what's that?

Each August, Beloit College publishes its Mind-Set

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