Who are Generation X Students?

"How do you define Generation X students?"
Generation X refers to the generation born between 1961-1980. Many were latchkey kids who were raised on electronic media (television, Atari 2600s and personal computers) and who grew up during the post Watergate era and the energy crisis. They were in many cases children of divorce and nontraditional family units. They view the workplace as unstable because of the reality of corporate downsizing.

Four subgroups are defined:

Cynical Disdainers - pessimistic and skeptical
Traditional materialists - positive, optimistic, striving for the American dream
Hippies revisited - replay the lifestyle and values of the 60s, express themselves through music, fashion and spirituality
Fifties Machos - conservative who believe in stereotyped gender roles and are least accepting of the multiculturism

(Sacks, P. "Generation X Goes to College," Open Court, Chicago. 1996.)