A New Take on What Today's Students Want From College

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Today's college freshmen like to be sheltered and they trust authority figures to take care of them, according to a new book that promises to define the key traits of the latest generation of students, the Millennials, who first started entering colleges two years ago. Such attitudes could lead to a return of something like in loco parentis policies,...

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