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As the academic year starts, Beloit College has each August since 1998 released a "mindset list" to remind professors and administrators that their experiences are very different from those of the students who are starting off in higher ed (at least those who are coming straight from high school).
The list typically captures headlines (and has drawn some criticism) over the years. Here are some selections form this year's list:
- During their initial weeks of kindergarten, they were upset by endlessly repeated images of planes blasting into the World Trade Center.
- Meds have always been an option.
- When they see wire-rimmed glasses, they think Harry Potter, not John Lennon.
- "Press pound" on the phone is now translated as "hit hashtag."
- The water cooler is no longer the workplace social center; it's the place to fill your water bottle.
- Women have always attended the Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/26/beloit-releases-annual-mindset-list
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