
Attitudes on Life and Politics: 35-Year Trends
February 4, 2009
Which of these values is important or essential? This was one of the questions in the longest running nationwide US survey of students that started in the 1960s.

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Current Attitudes on Politics: Fall 2008 Source(PDF)
Further Reading:
Website of the Study: The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
The devaluation of reading skills
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Rising trend for youths discussing politics. Didn’t really notice it when I was in K-12 but the most recent election got plenty of talk from friends.
Yes, recent election galvanized people
I see an equilibrium point around 1979. I can only assume that the economy is quite stable at that particular period. Very informative post. ^^
I don’t know what is the cause of the equilibrium, but it may be an interesting topic of research