Tim Clydesdale, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology & Principal Investigator, Life and Vocation & Life after College Projects
The College of New Jersey
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Now in second printing! The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School. (University of Chicago Press, 2007). Check out:
Vanderbilt University's Center for Teaching podcast with James Lang, on teaching first-year students, or read Lang's Chronicle column about the book -- "The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment";
Wall Street Journal "Informed Reader" blurb;
scholarly reviews in Qualitative Sociology; Contemporary Sociology; Journal for Scientific Study of Religion; Canadian Journal of Sociology;
book review by UC-Berkeley chaplain; by Derek Melleby of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding; by Katie Beres in NACADA Journal; by Todd Ream in Books & Culture
from the Blogosphere: Teagle Foundation blog by its president, Bob Conner, about my book and related works; Association of College & Research Libraries blog; anonymous blog about the book's "Author Meets Critics" session at Eastern Sociological Society meetings in NYC 23-Feb-08; John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy commentary by its executive vice president, Jane Shaw;
read excerpts on Google Book;
feature article from The Signal @ TCNJ; U. Chicago press release; TCNJ press release.
Read my op-ed: "Life after high school: The real challenge." The Times (of Trenton, NJ). June 23, 2007, p. A11
Read my SSRC essay: "Abandoned, Pursued, or Safely Stowed?" (about the religious life of 1st year American undergraduates). Review the entire forum: http://religion.ssrc.org/reforum/
Read about: The Life & Vocation of American Youth Project, generously funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Clydesdale's home page Sociology/Anthropology home page Page last updated: 08/13/08
