THE MINDSET LIST FOR THE CLASS OF 2007

Across the nation, students are entering colleges and universities with their own perspectives on the times in which they live. Most of them were born in 1985.

For the sixth year, Beloit College has developed and distributed to the faculty and staff the “Beloit College Mindset List.” According to co-editor Tom McBride, Keefer Professor of the Humanities at the Wisconsin liberal arts college, the list helps to slow the rapid onset of “hardening of the references,” in the classroom.

The Beloit College Mindset List helps professors understand each new crop of freshmen. For this year's class...

"Ctrl + Alt + Del" is as basic as "ABC."
Families can drive SUVs without "being fuelish."
The Jaycees have always welcomed women as members.
There have never been dress codes in restaurants.
Peeps are not a candy, they are your friends.

Beloit College has been doing this for some time. There are numerous archives of the mindset lists.

Thanks to the Media Professional, Winning Writers Newsletter for this tidbit!