Rick Perlstein’s article suggests American colleges have become the place where the nation’s citizenry learn to go along with the status quo. Remember the 60’s when college was a place where students were encouraged to defy the norms of society? Perlstein says this contrarian streak is getting lost in college culture these days and he considers that a bad thing. Check out Perlstein’s article at:
grant
Feb 05 2008
08:04 pm
Rick Perlstein’s article suggests American colleges have become the place where the nation’s citizenry learn to go along with the status quo. Remember the 60’s when college was a place where students were encouraged to defy the norms of society? Perlstein says this contrarian streak is getting lost in college culture these days and he considers that a bad thing. Check out Perlstein’s article at:
http://nytimes.com/marketing/collegeessay/essay.html