Incoming US college students this year have never seen a paper airline ticket, like to watch television on almost anything but a television and consider exposed bra straps a fashion statement, not a wardrobe malfunction, according to an annual list published on Aug 21.
The 75 items on the list are said to represent the cultural touchstones that have shaped the lives of students entering college this autumn, most of whom were born in 1994.
Most view former President Bill Clinton as an elder statesman, with no memory of his actual 1993-2001 presidency.
For them, Kurt Cobain, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Richard Nixon have always been dead, and Michael Jackson's family, not the Kennedys, constitutes 'American Royalty'.
"This year's entering college class of 2016 was born into cyberspace and they have therefore measured their output in the fundamental particles of life: bits, bytes, and bauds," said humanities professor Tom McBride and public affairs director Ron Nief of Beloit College in Wisconsin, who have prepared the "Mindset" list since 1998.
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Here's a look at what are some of the most interesting ways in which the class of 2016 view the world.
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