[_v9nk]

What I mean is, what are the students' attitudes in life? What do they want to do? What don't they want to do?

[andyjohnson0]

Parent of university student here, so n=1

They want approximately what everyone wants at that age: meaningful experiences, meaningful work, somewhere affordable and safe to live, a functioning future, etc. Where they differ is in their confidence that they'll ever attain any of those things.