TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arum,Richard
AU  - Roksa,Josipa
TI  - Aspiring adults adrift: tentative transitions of college graduates 
SN  - 9780226191157 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - LC 191.94 .A78 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - College graduates
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Employment
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Attitudes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index; College and emerging adults -- Social and academic learning in college -- Making it in the labor market -- Parents, partners, and optimism about the future -- A way forward
N2  - "Built on interviews and detailed surveys of almost a thousand recent college graduates from a diverse range of colleges and universities, Aspiring Adults Adrift reveals a generation facing a difficult transition to adulthood. Recent graduates report trouble in finding decent jobs and developing stable romantic relationships, as well as in assuming civic and financial responsibility--yet at the same time, they remain surprisingly hopeful and upbeat about their prospects. ... Analyzing these findings in light of students' performance on standardized tests of general collegiate skills, the selectivity of institutions they attended, and their choice of major, Arum and Roksa not only map out the current state of a generation too often adrift, but enable us to examine the relationship between college experiences and tentative transitions to adulthood"--Back cover
ER  -