Financialization & Student Anxiety
KPFA - Against the Grain
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An Anxiety Epidemic Among Students
Aris Comparosos Athanasio teaches sociology at University College London's Social Research Institute. He co-authored with Max Haven an article called An Anxiety Epidemic, in the financialised university critical questions and unexpected resistance. The first explanation is that today's students are a coddled generation,. victims of permissive and overly indulgent parenting and pedagogy. That has left them not only ill-equipped to contend with rigors of academic life but also dangerously hostile to diverse viewpoints.
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