November 27, 1998
Among Affluent Students, a Culture of Disengagement
The periodic reports from the Harvard School of Public Health's College Alcohol Study, showing continuing high rates of binge drinking, make up just one component in a stream of complaints about today's student culture. "Disengagement" serves as a shorthand term for characterizing that culture.
Faculty members worry about such disengagement when they feel pressure to dumb down courses, when students simply
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