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Abstract
"Aspiring adults adrift: Tentative transitions of college graduates" is the first of Radio Higher Ed’s Author’s Series featuring Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, authors of Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates. This work documents approximately one thousand recent college graduates’ successes and hardships, and finds that despite having successfully completed four-year college degrees, many of the graduates are struggling to transition into traditional adult roles.
In this follow-up to Academically Adrift, Arum and Roksa argue that colleges and universities need to enhance academic rigor and assessment to improve student learning outcomes and support graduates’ early life-course success. To learn more about this work, visit the project page at http://highered.ssrc.org/publications/aspiring-adults-adrift/.
Interview facilitation, commentary and discussion presented by Kathryn Dodge, Alison Griffin, and Elise Scanlon of Radio Higher Ed.
Publication Date
7-16-2015
Publisher
Radio Higher Ed, LLC
Document Type
Podcast
Rights
Copyright © 2015 Radio Higher Ed . All Rights Reserved. Podcast Intro and Exit music by Won (FLT RSK) / CC BY-NC 3.0 Produced in conjunction with the Average Guy Podcast Network.
Recommended Citation
Arum, R. and Roksa, J. “Aspiring adults adrift: Tentative transitions of college graduates.” Interview by Kathryn Dodge, Allison Griffin, and Elise Scanlon. Podcast. Radio Higher Ed., 16 Jul. 2015. Web. http://radiohighered.com/2015/07/16/aspiring-adults-adrift-tentative-transitions-of-college-graduates/