Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition
by Seaman, Barrett
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- Title Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess
- Author Seaman, Barrett
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - G
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey, NY
- Date 2006
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0470049189-01
- ISBN 9780470049181 / 0470049189
- Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 9.15 x 6.17 x 0.89 in (23.24 x 15.67 x 2.26 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects College students - United States - Attitudes, College students - Social conditions -
- Dewey Decimal Code 378.198
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In this major new book, Seaman reveals what every parent, student, and educator needs to know about what really goes on after classes let out-- in dorm rooms late at night, in fraternity and sorority houses, and outside the quads. Seaman spent time with students in their dorms at twelve highly regarded and diverse colleges and universities across North America-- Harvard, Dartmouth, Middlebury, Hamilton, the University of Virginia, Duke, Indiana University- Bloomington, the University of Wisconsin- Madison, the University of California-Berkeley, Stanford, Pomona, and Canada's McGill University. During his two years of research, he immersed himself in the lives of the students, often living in their dorms, dining with them, speaking with them on their own terms, and listening to them express their thoughts and feelings.
Portraying a campus culture in which today's best and brightest students grapple with far more than academic challenges, Binge conveys the unprecedented stresses on campus today as well as the sense of isolation students feel from the "real world" and often from each other. The book reveals the complexities of an environment in which romantic relationships and sexual relations are often casualand ambiguous, alcohol and drug use are widespread and dangerously unchecked, anxiety and depression are common, and boundaries along class and racial lines are too often permeated with tension. He exposes the increasing aloofness of professors and the stereotypes that student athletes struggle against and sometimes reinforce. While sharing revealing interviews and the often dramatic stories of those he encountered, Seaman explores some difficult questions: Just how hard are students studying? What are students' real reasons for going to college today? What's the "right" drinking age? How can parents help-- or hurt-- their child's chances for success? Why have students come to expect less from their professors? Has diversity worked on campus? Who is really in charge-- the administration, professors, residential advisors, or the students themselves?
Despite the disturbing trends, Seaman finds reasons for optimism. Today's students, although troubled by the increasing uncertainties of life today, are smart, resilient, and eager to take their place in the adult world-- if only they were given the chance. And Seaman offers provocative and well-informed suggestions for improving the undergraduate experience. Sometimes alarming, always fascinating, and ultimately hopeful, Binge is an extraordinary investigative work that lays bare the realities of higher education today.