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ISSUES
AT THE CENTER
Matthew Scherer on 9/11, the Financial Crisis, and Climate Change as Conversion Events (Full Screen)
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
October 16, 2012Barack Obama on Mitt Romney’s “47 Percent” Comment at the 2012 Second Presidential Debate
September 19, 2012
Mitt Romney on Promoting Economic Freedom in America
July 11, 2012
Mitt Romney on How a Strong Traditional Family Structure Will Solve America's Economic Inequalities
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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
April 3, 2012Mitt Romney on Teachers' Unions and Education
April 3, 2012
Barack Obama on the Economic Importance of Education for All in a Speech at the AP Luncheon
March 19, 2012
Rick Santorum on Education Policy from His Campaign Website
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SURVEYS ON AMERICAN VALUES
August 19, 2012The Top Nine Most Generous States Are Also Deeply Religious (Chronicle of Philanthropy, 2012)
May 18, 2012
Obama Leads Romney by 21 Percentage Points Among Millennial Voters (Gallup, 2012)
May 14, 2012
91% of Employers Think that Students Should Have 1-2 Internships Before Graduating, Yet 50% Haven’t Hired any Interns in the Past Six Months (Millennial Branding, 2012)
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RELATED RESOURCES: MILLENNIAL
Does the Millennial generation have values fundamentally different from its predecessors?
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Does the Millennial Generation Have Values Fundamentally Different from Its Predecessors?
April 6, 2012
The dramatic social, political, and technological changes of the 20th and 21st centuries have directly impacted how Millennials distinguish the values and priorities of their generation from those of their predecessors.
Paul Stanton (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) on the Millennial Generation
March 30, 2012
We are in the Connective Era and what this means for Millennials is using weak network ties, individuals that are not in someone’s close circle of colleagues or friends, to engage in politics, culture, and social interactions. Millennials are characterized as the most affluent, most educated and...
Nicole Lee (Howard University) on the Millennial Generation
March 29, 2012
Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.
– John Lennon
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
– Maya Angelou
– John Lennon
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
– Maya Angelou
Brittany King (University of Houston) on the Millennial Generation
March 28, 2012
The Millennial generation, also known as Generation Y, has revitalized the workplace and social landscape as we know it leaving many members of previous generations troubled by their tenets. These young adults were raised to the mantra of conscious inquiry into every statute, regulation and...
Brian Goldman (University of Pennsylvania) on the Millennial Generation
March 27, 2012
The Millennial generation—an epoch to whose membership I belong—is, much like generations that preceded us, unique in outlook, in worldview, in groupthink. But to say our values are fundamentally different mischaracterizes the identity of the millennial generation.
LaRissa Connett (Philander Smith College) on the Millennial Generation
March 26, 2012
Since the mid-20th century our world has changed almost beyond recognition—and certainly beyond the recognition of the Baby Boomer generation. Today, the world we live in is truly global. In our lifetime, the internet grew from a government project to a massive social network that allowed people...
Daniel Chen (UC Berkeley) on the Millennial Generation
March 23, 2012
I have great hopes for my generation. Our ability to access information is unparalleled and our means of communication have expanded. We have mastered the technology needed to thrive in a globalized world, and not only that, we care about shaping the important issues of our day. With greater...
Shalini Allam (Rollins College) on the Millennial Generation
March 21, 2012
As I was sitting in my living room, I overheard my mom talking to my grandma, “I’m starting to realize that here, in America, girls and boys can be friends… and just friends.” Coming from Jamaica, I thought my parents would completely understand that it was possible that girls could have couple...
Abigail Clauhs (Boston University) on the Millennial Generation
March 19, 2012
My high school environmental science teacher, a reformed hippie who had gone from Woodstock attendee to educator, often told us, "We were the generation who said we were going to change the world. You are the generation who is actually going to do it."
Stephen Ark (Macalester) on the Millennial Generation
March 19, 2012
According to a February 2012 study by The Hartman Group, 47 percent of millennials tweet while they eat. America’s millennials or “echo boomers” (the demographic immediately following baby boomers) find little too intimate to share with hundreds of followers online, including pictures of lunch...
R. Skyler Oberst (Eastern Washington University) on the Millennial Generation
March 19, 2012
A few weeks ago, I became enthralled by an article in the Wall Street Journal which highlighted the universality of community and shared meaning-- values that are often fostered by religions. In the article, the author, Alain de Botton, writes about the loneliness of modern society and how "we...
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