Dive Summary:

• Beloit College has released its annual “mindset list,” which tries to help professors understand incoming college freshmen by listing events and cultural phenomena that shape their world.
• The college class of 2017 was mostly born in 1995 and as such, Dean Martin, Mickey Mantle and Jerry Garcia have always been dead.
• Many of the phenomena, as might be expected, are technology-related: For example, as a rite of passage, owning a cell phone is right up there with getting a driver's license.  

Dive Insight:

The Mindset List was created for the class of 2002, born in 1980. This is its 15th year. The whole list is available on the website of Beloit College.