The annual
Beloit College Mindset List is out. Each year, the Wisconsin school takes a look at the world through the eyes of college freshmen.
Each August since 1998, as faculty prepare for the academic year, Beloit College in Wisconsin has released the Beloit College Mindset List. A creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it looks at the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of today’s first-year students.
Some items from the list:
- The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
- Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines.
- "Google" has always been a verb.
- Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.
- more
You can also take a look at previous year's lists. Very interesting.
