Word: patterning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Middle Class Pattern...
...change in the character of incoming college classes. Thirty years ago, only a small proportion of American college-age youth actually went to college. Today, over 50 per cent of high school graduates attend some sort of college or technical school. It is fast becoming an established middle class pattern for American youths to complete high school, go to college, and frequently pursue post-graduate professional training...
...which has been taken on by graduate schools, and find a new role for itself in American society. That the college will have a role is inevitable. The American people are convinced of the magic of a college education, and will continue to make it part of the life pattern for their sons and daughters...
...Classic Pattern...
...have an almost classic pattern in these groups. The sooner the population of the group coheres, the sooner the effects of the group set in. Students won't express themselves in the group until they feel comfortable, so you have to have a stable population. The first two or three weeks, it's frightening, it's exciting, it's exploratory...