Word: 1960s
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Epps says he feels this dramatic increase in student groups was brought on partially by the radical movements of the 1960s and early 1970s. "In the 1960s and 1970s, undergraduate energies went into a limited number of activities--mainly political activities and organizations," he says...
...following a decrease in political activism, an environment has been created "in which students are pursuing a wider range of activities," Epps says. Previous to the 1960s activism, Epps says, most students either participated in "traditional organizations, or were basically observers...
David Riesman '31, professor of sociology emeritus, says the 1960s brought on a counter-culture movement, offering special interest groups the "freedom to begin expressing" themselves. According to the official list of student organizations, ethnic and special interest groups comprise approximately a third--67 out of 184--of student groups...
David Michael '87, the former chairman of the Student Advisory Committee at the Institute of Politics agrees with Riesman, saying that "the activism of the 1960s and 1970s set a precedent" for increased student involvement in special interest groups...
...large sums of money to pay for college. In an economy marked by low inflation and slow growth in which the number of well-paying jobs for young people seems to be steadily declining, loan repayment will constitute a heavier burden in the future than it did in the 1960s and '70. "We should not take a caveat emptor attitude toward students," she says...