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Leisure to Explore or Failure to Launch? A Cohort Comparison of the Transition to Adulthood between Late Baby Boomers and Early Millennials
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Wenxuan Huang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The heterogeneity of the timing and order of achieving the "big five" markers of the transition to adulthood is often treated as a taken-for-granted feature of emerging adulthood, reflecting a tendency of "leisure to explore" between adolescence and adulthood. With the central assumption of emphasizing how individuals take…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Generational Differences, Young Adults, Adults
Out of the Nest and into the Red: Three Essays on Debt in Young Adulthood
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Houle, Jason N. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The Great Recession of 2008 and rising costs of college have stoked popular and scholarly concern about young adult debt. Debt plays an important role in the lives of young people as they make the transition to adulthood, but little research has been conducted on the topic. This dissertation sheds light on the role of debt in the lives of young…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Debt (Financial), Role, Developmental Tasks
Emerging Adults' Perceptions of Learning in an Undergraduate Student Organization for Global Social Justice
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Kean, Patricia Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Current literature suggests the institution of higher education is exploring its identity and role in society, much like the emerging adults who enroll in their programs as traditional aged undergraduates. Literature also reveals that society is asking undergraduate institutions to meet the diverse needs of its students and prepare them for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Role of Education, Student Organizations