College Yawn Is Tougher Than Ever (Z-Z-Z-Z)

September, 1973

Countless Generation Gaps Ago-say, around 1963—you could depend on a course catalog to tell you what college students were learning: Introductory Psychology, Fifty Great American Novels, Differential Calculus, etc. Even as recently as the late Sixties, though campus interests had been transformed, they were reflected in new course listings: Organic Algebra, Remedial Sandal Making, Advanced Karma, etc.Today it's difficult to tell what students spend most of their energy pursuing. Perhaps the best...