Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends
How Campuses Shape College Students’ Networks
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Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students’ Networks examines how college structure influences friendship formation.
Based on interviews across three campuses, it reveals how institutional factors impact students' abilities to connect.
The book explores how living arrangements, campus activities, and common areas affect friendship.
It uncovers the reasons behind the loneliness epidemic among young adults.
McCabe's research emphasizes the importance of networks, institutions, and identities in addressing this issue.
This provides insights into fostering meaningful friendships in college environments.
Based on interviews across three campuses, it reveals how institutional factors impact students' abilities to connect.
The book explores how living arrangements, campus activities, and common areas affect friendship.
It uncovers the reasons behind the loneliness epidemic among young adults.
McCabe's research emphasizes the importance of networks, institutions, and identities in addressing this issue.
This provides insights into fostering meaningful friendships in college environments.
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Book discussed by Janice McCabe and Michael Johnston as Janice's newest book about college student's networks.
Janice M. McCabe, "Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students’ Networks" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
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Janice M. McCabe, "Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends: How Campuses Shape College Students’ Networks" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
