BELOIT COLLEGE'S MINDSET LIST® FOR THE CLASS OF 2011

Each year, Beloit College releases a list of events that shaped the values and behaviors of the most recent group of young adults entering college.  In just a few short years - or sooner - this Generation Y cohort will enter our workforce and your workplace.  To give you a brief look into the mindset of these up and coming workers, keep reading.

Most of the students entering College this fall, members of the Class of 2011, were born in 1989. For them, Alvin Ailey, Andrei Sakharov, Huey Newton, Emperor Hirohito, Ted Bundy, Abbie Hoffman, and Don the Beachcomber have always been dead. 

1. What Berlin Wall?
2. Humvees, minus the artillery, have always been available to the public.
3. Rush Limbaugh and the "Dittoheads" have always been lambasting liberals.
4. They never "rolled down" a car window.
5. Michael Moore has always been angry and funny.
6. They may confuse the Keating Five with a rock group.
7. They have grown up with bottled water.
8. General Motors has always been working on an electric car.
9. Nelson Mandela has always been free and a force in South Africa.
10. Pete Rose has never played baseball.

To view the entire list, go to Beloit College Mindset List for Class of 2011.