The Chronicle of Higher Education

'Hooking Up': What Educators Need to Know

In 2001 the longtime student practice of "hooking up" gained national attention when the Institute for American Values released a report titled "Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Hoping for Mr. Right: College Women on Mating and Dating Today." Subsequent news-media coverage claimed that dating had declined in popularity among college...

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