Word: astin
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...Dante or Vivaldi. They haven't received an education; they've just had baby sitting." Nor are the criticisms entirely about intellectual shortcomings. "I think students are becoming less reflective, less concerned about fellow human beings, more greedy, more materialistic," says Alexander Astin, professor of higher education at U.C.L.A. "They're interested in making money and in finding a job that gives them a lot of power and a lot of status...
...arts and 4% in physical sciences. Rich and prestigious private universities can resist this rush toward vocational training, but public and smaller private colleges are more vulnerable. "The bulk of the institutions will have to give in to a form of consumerism," says U.C.L.A.'s Astin, "in that they need applicants and will therefore have to offer students what they want...
...liberal than its predecessors-but not necessarily more conservative. According to A.C.E.-U.C.L.A., only 25% of this U.S. graduating class characterized themselves as political liberals, compared with 36% of freshmen entering in 1970. But the number describing themselves as "conservative" has remained fairly stable, at about 16%. Says Alexander Astin, head of the Los Angeles-based Higher Education Research Institute: "Many students don't feel they can call themselves liberal and want to make money. But it's less conservatism than materialism." Says Lillie Dollinger, an economics major at Texas A & M: "In the '80s the issues...