Binge (ebook)

Argumento de Binge (ebook)

"Amid all the talk about what life is like on college campuses, Barrett Seaman has done something very valuable: he actually went out and reported what really is happening. From sex to drugs to studying, he provides a fascinating and reliable report that every parent ought to read carefully."
?Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

"Binge is an important book written with the insight and passion of a college trustee and the objectivity and eloquence of a veteran journalist. Seaman's comprehensive recommendations are logical, sensible, and ambitious. If heeded, they should be a major catalyst for change."
?Eugene M. Tobin, Program Officer for the Liberal Arts Colleges Program at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Just how hard are students studying? Has diversity worked on campus? What's the "right" drinking age? How can parents help?or hurt?their child's chances for success? Barrett Seaman embarked on a two-year investigation of colleges and universities across North America to answer these and other questions about the real story of campus life today. In Binge, he reveals what every parent, student, and educator needs to know about the disturbing trends?from depression and substance abuse to racial tension and isolation?as well as the reasons for optimism. Offering provocative, well-informed suggestions for improving the undergraduate experience, Binge is an extraordinary investigative work that lays bare the realities of higher education.

"Amid all the talk about what life is like on college campuses, Barrett Seaman has done something very valuable: he actually went out and reported what really is happening. From sex to drugs to studying, he provides a fascinating and reliable report that every parent ought to read carefully."
?Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and The Wise Men: Six Men and the World They Made

"Barrett Seaman has done his homework well. Binge, his picture of life on American college campuses, is an accurate representation of my experiences and those of my peers. As a student at a midwestern Big Ten university, I got nearly perfect grades and nailed down two majors and two minors, but was always first at happy hour on Monday or karaoke on Thursday and pulled all-nighters for studying and partying alike. Told with vigor and moxie, Binge doesn't condemn as reprehensible the behavior of a vast majority of American college kids?it simply tells it like it is without reproach. This is an excellent book."
?Holly Johnson, Indiana University class of 2004

"A lively, thought-provoking, witty, sometimes unsettling look at contemporary undergraduate culture outside the classroom, this book will be widely read and debated on college and university campuses across North America. Binge is an important book written with the insight and passion of a college trustee and the objectivity and eloquence of a veteran journalist. Seaman's comprehensive recommendations are logical, sensible and ambitious. If heeded, they should be a major catalyst for change."
?Eugene M. Tobin, Program Officer for the Liberal Arts Colleges Program at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and former President of Hamilton College

"Barrett Seaman gives us an authentic and fascinating view into what really happens to kids when they go away to college. This is an essential book for parents who want to get the inside story."
?Nancy Samalin, founder and director of Parent Guidance Workshops and author of Loving Without Spoiling

BARRETT SEAMAN was a correspondent and editor for Time magazine for thirty years; he covered the White House during the Reagan administration and later served as special projects editor before retiring in 2001. He is now a trustee at Hamilton College. Seaman has appeared on the Today show and The Charlie Rose Show.0Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1 Daily Res Life.

2 Hooking Up: Sex on Campus.

3 How Hard Are Students Studying?

4 Emotional Troubles.

5 The College Alcohol Crisis.

6 The Date Rape Dilemma.

7 Is Diversity Working?

8 Fraternities and Sororities under Siege.

9 The Morphing Drug Scene.

10 College Sports and Res Life.

11 What?s the Right Drinking Age?

12 Who?s in Charge?

13 Improving the Undergraduate Experience.

Notes.

Index.