Author: Grigsby, Mary
Brand: State University of New York Press
Edition: Illustrated
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 249
Release Date: 07-05-2009
Details: Presents the perspectives of contemporary college students on their lives and educations. The struggles and achievements of today's college students are thrown into stark relief in this fascinating account of how such students make meaning of their lives. Author Mary Grigsby uses the voices of students themselves to discuss how they view, adjust to, and participate in the college student culture of a large midwestern university and to explore what they think of their educational experiences. Topics include a look at a typical day on campus, student subcultures and the lifestyles they engender, whether college life conforms to the images and scenarios of popular culture, and student approaches to making it through college. Going to college has become the major coming-of-age experience for many people in the United States, and Mary Grigsby has provided a compelling, readable, and up-to-date account of this formative period.
EAN: 9781438426204
Languages: English
Binding: paperback
Item Condition: New
