The Millennial Generation: The Next Generation in College Enrollment

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The Millennial GenerationThe Next Generation in
College Enrollment

• Terri Manning
• Bobbie Everett
• Cheryl Roberts

A Study Funded by the Workforce Development Board
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It May Take a Village to Raise a Child, but it
Takes a Society to Raise a Generation

• Economic Conditions
• Societal Norms
• Political Events
• Major Crises

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Each Generation

• Consists of approximately a 20-year span (not all
  demographers and generation researchers agree on
  the exact start/stop dates)
• Has a unique set of values
• Reacts to the generation before them
• Looks at their generation as the standard of
  comparison
• Looks at the next generation skeptically these
  kids today
• Those born on the cusp may have a blended set
  of characteristics
• They are either idealistic, reactive, civic or
  adaptive

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Two Responses to This Research

• The Millennials are spoiled rotten brats whose
  parents have given them everything.
• This generation is extremely talented and will
  bring technology and teamwork skills to the
  workforce.

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The Veterans (also known as the Silent Generation
or the Greatest Generation) 19251942 (adaptive)
Core Values Dedication Hard Work Conformity Law
and Order Patience Delayed Reward Duty before
Pleasure Adherence to Rules Honor
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The Veterans

• Children of the Great Depression and WWII, this
  generation decided not to attack the institutions
  created by the generation before them, but
  instead, as global thinkers, they chose to focus
  on improving and refining them so that they could
  be good for everyone, not just a select few.
• The overall goal was not to change the system,
  but to work within it.
• While economically very successful, they were
  also the inventors of "the midlife crises"
  probably because they didn't get a chance to
  enjoy the freedoms of their youth.

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The Veterans

• Important Events
• Lindbergh Completes First Transatlantic Flight
• Stock Market Crash
• Depression
• The New Deal
• Social Security
• Pearl Harbor
• The End of WWII
• FDR Dies
• Korean War

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Cultural Memorabilia for the Veterans

• Kewpie Dolls
• Mickey Mouse
• Flash Gordon
• Radio
• Wheaties
• Tarzan
• Jukeboxes
• Blondie
• The Lone Ranger
• The McCarthy Era

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The Veteran Generation Childhood

• Raised by the GI Generation (civic)
• Large families (3-5 children)
• Strong sense of extended family (same town or
  home)
• Grandparents in the home
• Average 10-year-old spent 4-6 hours daily with a
  significant adult role model
• Rural society
• Apprenticeship businesses and farming
• Perception of the world as safe

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The Baby Boomers 19431964 (the largest
generation, idealist)
Core Values Optimism Team Orientation Personal
Gratification Health and Wellness Personal
Growth Youth Work Involvement
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Baby Boomers

• Important Events
• Rosa Parks
• First Nuclear Power Plant
• The Civil Rights Act
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• John Glen Orbits the Earth
• Martin Luther King Leads March on Washington,
  D.C.
• President John F. Kennedy Assassination
• National Organization for Women Founded
• Martin Luther King Assassination
• Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
• Watergate
• Kent State Massacre
• Vietnam War

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Cultural Memorabilia for Baby Boomers

• Television
• The Ed Sullivan Show
• Barbie Dolls
• Fallout Shelters
• Poodle Skirts
• Pop Beads
• Slinkies
• TV Dinners
• Hula Hoops
• The Peace Sign
• Laugh In

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The Baby Boomer Childhood

• Divorce reached a low in 1960 of 9
• Families moved due to GI Bill, GI housing and
  industrialization
• First generation to live miles from extended
  family
• Family size smaller (2-3 children)
• Few grandparents in the home
• Moms stayed home
• Dads carpooled
• Children spent significant time with adult role
  models
• Perception of the world as safe

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Baby-boomer Results

• Very idealistic - banned together and walked
  through life with their fists held high
• Generation gap occurred between them and their
  parents
• Captured phrases like why be normal and
  question authority
• They werent friendly toward authority figures
• Did not get along with their parents and swore
  they would not raise their kids like they were
  raised
• As adults - work an average of 55 hours per week

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A Changing Nation
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The Gen Xers 19651982
A Lost Generation A Nomadic Generation.. Half
the Size of the Baby Boom (reactive) Core
Values Dedication Hard Work Conformity Law and
Order Patience Delayed reward Duty before
pleasure Adherence to rules Honor
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Gen X

• Important Events
• Womens Liberation Protests
• Watergate Scandal
• Energy Crisis begins
• Tandy and Apple Market PCs
• Mass Suicide in Jonestown
• Three Mile Island
• US Corporations begin Massive Layoffs
• Iran Hostage Crisis
• John Lennon Shot and Killed
• Ronald Reagan Inaugurated
• Challenger Disaster
• Exxon Valdez Oil Tanker Spill

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Cultural Memorabilia for Gen X

• The Brady Bunch
• Pet Rocks
• Platform Shoes
• The Simpsons
• Evening Soaps (Dallas and Dynasty)
• ET
• Cabbage Patch Dolls
• Super-hero Cartoons on TV (He-man)

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Generation X

• This is the conscientious, extremely pragmatic,
  self-sufficient generation that has a ruthless
  focus on the bottom-line.
• Born and raised at a time when children were at
  the bottom of our social priorities, Gen Xers
  learned that they could only count on one thing -
  themselves. As a result, they are very "me"
  oriented.
• They are not active voters, nor are they deeply
  involved in politics in general.

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The Gen X Childhood

• Divorce reached an all-time high
• Single-parent families became the norm
• Latch-key kids were a major issue of the time
• Children not as valued looked at as a hardship
• Families spread out (miles apart)
• Family size 1.7 children (many only-children)
• Perception of the world as unsafe
• Average 10 year old spent 14 ½ minutes a day with
  a significant adult role model
• Parents looked around and said we need to do
  this better

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Generation Next (civic)
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The Echo Boom/Millennials

• The Millennials are almost as large as the baby
  boom-some say larger - depending on how you
  measure them (approx. 81M).
• The Millennials are the children born between
  1982 and 2002 (peaked in 1990), a cohort called
  by various names

Echo Boom
Generation Y
Net Generation
Millennials
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Millennials

• This generation is civic-minded, much like the
  previous GI Generation.
• They are collectively optimistic, long-term
  planners, high achievers with lower rates of
  violent crime, teen pregnancy, smoking and
  alcohol use than ever before.
• This generation believes that they have the
  potential to be great and they probably do. We
  are looking to them to provide us with a new
  definition of citizenship.

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The Millennial Childhood

• The most monumental financial boom in history.
• Steady income growth through the 1990s.
• Still great disparity between races.
• Saw their parents lose all their stocks and
  mutual funds (college funds) during the early
  2000s.

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Mean Income History for a Family of Four by Race
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Demographic Trends

• The Baby Boomers chose to become older parents in
  the 1980s while Gen X moms reverted back to the
  earlier birth-age norm, which meant that two
  generations were having babies.
• In 1989, 29 percent of the 4.4 million live
  births were to women aged 30 and older.
• Millennials have older largely Baby Boomer
  parents Average age of mothers at birth at an
  all time high of 27 in 1997.

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Demographic Trends, cont.

• Smaller families Only
  children will comprise
  about 10 of the
  population.
• More parental education 1 in 4 has at least one
  parent with a college degree.
• Kids born in the late 90s are the first in
  American history whose mothers are better
  educated than their fathers by a small margin.

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Demographic Trends Changing Diversity

• Increase in Latino immigration - Latino women
  tend to have a higher fertility rates than
  non-Latino women.
• Nearly 35 of Millennials are nonwhite or Latino.
• Twenty percent of this generation has at least
  one parent who is an immigrant.
• Millennials have become the most racially and
  ethnically diverse generation in US History.

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Safety Issues

• The Safest Generation
• This generation was buckled up
  in car seats, wore bike helmets,
  elbow and knee pads when
  skating, and were the inspiration for Baby on
  Board signs.
• The Well-Being of U.S. Teens
• Mortality Rate for US teens aged 1519 declined
  from 1960 to 1997.
• -Teens are having fewer accidents than Boomers

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Major Influencing Factors

• Their parents
• The self-esteem movement
• The customer service movement
• Gaming and technology
• Casual communication

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Parenting Millennials

• This generation is being parented by
  well-educated, over-involved adults who
  participate in deliberate
  parenting. They have
  outcomes in mind.
• Boomers were the first
  generation to be thrown
  out in to an unsafe world
  as adolescents.
• The 60s and 70s were very scary and many of us
  felt unprepared for it.
• We were naïve and didnt have enough tools in our
  tool box to deal with it.

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Baby Boomers as Parents

• Boomers rebelled against the parenting practices
  of their parents.
• Strict discipline was the order
  of the day for boomers.
• They made conscious decisions
  not to say because I told you
  so or because Im the
  parent and youre the
  child.
• Boomers became more
  friendly with their children.
  They wanted to have open lines of communication
  and a relationship with them.

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Baby Boomers as Parents

• They explained things to their children,
  (actions, consequences, options, etc.) they
  wanted them to learn to make informed decisions.
• They allowed their children to have input into
  family decisions, educational
  options and discipline
  issues.
• We told them just because it is on
  television doesnt mean its
  true or you cant
  believe everything
  you read.
• We wanted them to question
  authority.
  

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The Result

• Millennials have become a
  master set of negotiators who
  are capable of rational
  thought and decision-making
  skills at young ages.
• They will negotiate with anyone including their
  parents, teachers and school administrators.
• Some call this arguing.

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CPCC Sociology Instructor

• More and more students challenge me and the
  material. They either see it as opinion, and
  nothing else, or they see it as propaganda.

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Helicopter Parents

• Helicopter Parent (n) A
  parent who hovers over his
  or her children.
• Or Snowplow parent Parents who clear the way for
  their children
• these (echo) boomers are confident,
  achievement-oriented and used to hovering
  "helicopter" parents keeping tabs on their every
  move. (Anthony DeBarros, "New baby boom swamps
  colleges," USA Today, January 2, 2003)

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Helicopter Parent go to
College

• A new generation of over-involved
  parents are flooding campus
  orientations, meddling in
  registration and
  interfering with students' dealings
  with professors, administrators and
  roommates, school officials say.
• Some of these hovering parents, whose numbers
  have been rising for several years, are
  unwittingly undermining their children's chances
  of success, campus administrators say. Now,
  universities and colleges are moving rapidly to
  build or expand programs aimed at helping parents
  strike a better balance.

Colleges Ward Off Overinvolved Parents By Sue
Shellenbarger From The Wall Street Journal
Online
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Baby Boomer Parents have been their Biggest
Cheerleaders

• Millennials expect and need praise.
• Will mistake silence for disapproval.
• Millennials expect feedback.

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Parental Care in the Millennial Era

• Todays typical family is spending more, not
  less, time with kids.
• Smaller families mean more
  time with each child.
• Fathers are spending more
  time with children.
• Less housework is being done.
• There is a strong connection between the social
  lives of parents and kids.
• They get along with their parents and share their
  parents values.

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Focus on Self-esteem

• This generation was the center
  of the self-esteem movement.
• 9,068 books were written about
  self-esteem and children during
  the 80s and 90s (there were 485 in the 70s).
• The state of California spent millions studying
  the construct and published a document entitled
  Toward a State of Self-esteem.
• Yet they cant escape the angst of adolescence
  they still feel disconnected, question their
  existence, purpose and the meaning of life. They
  want to feel valued and cared about.

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Focus on Customer Service

• Expect access (24/7)
• Expect things to work like
  they are supposed to
• If they dont that is your
  problem
• They want what they have paid for
• Everything comes with a toll-free number or web
  address
• Want Gateway Go Back in
  classes

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Add the Impact of Gaming

• Gaming has impacted children
• The game endings changed based
  on the decisions children made
  (Role Playing Games
  Legend of
  Zelda, Final Fantasy, Chronotrigger)
  impacting locus of control.
• Involves a complex set of decision-
  making skills.
• Teaches them to take multiple
  pieces of data and make
  decisions quickly.
• Learning more closely resembles Nintendo, a trial
  and error approach to solving problems.

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We navigated our way through..
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They navigated their way through..
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Technology

• This generation has been plugged in since they
  were babies.
• They grew up with educational software and
  computer games.
• They think technology should be free.
• They want and expect
  services 24/7.
• They do not live in an
  85 world.
• They function in an
  international world.

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Millennials Want to Learn

• With technology
• With each other
• Online
• In their time
• In their place
• Doing things that matter (most important)

Source Achievement and the 21st Century Learner.
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Technology In School

• Students are increasingly savvy when
  it comes to technology.
• In general, students expect faculty to
  incorporate technology into their
  teaching and be proficient at it.
• At the very least, communication via e-mail,
  access to online resources, PowerPoint
  presentations, Internet activities, discussion
  boards and electronic classrooms are expected.
• Faculty will need to balance the use of
  technology with their own philosophies of
  teaching.

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Technology Use

• Children under 6 years
• 48 have used a computer
• 27 (4-6 year-olds) use a computer daily
• 39 use a computer several times a week
• 30 have played computer games
• Teens
• 100 use the internet to seek information
• 94 use the internet for school research
• 41 use email and IM to contact teachers and
  schoolmates about school work
• 81 email friends and relatives
• 70 use IM to keep in touch
• 56 prefer the internet to the telephone

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By age 21..

• It is estimated that the
  average child will have
• Spent 10,000 hours playing video games
• Sent 200,000 emails
• Spent 20,000 hours watching TV
• Spent 10,000 hours on their cell phone
• Spent under 5,000 hours reading
• But these are issues of income. Will a child who
  grows up in a low income household have these
  same experiences?

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The Information Age Mindset

• Students have never known life without the
  computer. It is an assumed part of life.
• The Internet is a source of research,
  interactivity, and socializing (they prefer it
  over TV).
• Doing is more important than
  knowing.
• There is zero tolerance for
  delays.
• The infrastructure and the
  lecture tradition of colleges
  may not meet the
  expectations of students
  raised on the Internet and interactive games.

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Cell Phone Technology

• They all have cell phones and expect
  to be in contact 24/7.
• Not a phone a lifestyle management tool
• Staying connected is essential.
• Communication is a safety issue for
  parents.
• Communication has become casual
  for students (IM, email and
  cell phones.

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What About 1st Generation Students?

• Not all students will be proficient
  first-generation and students from low income or
  working class families may have less experience.
• Their experience with technology has been in
  arcades and minimally in school (poorer
  districts.)
• They have not had the exposure to educational
  uses of technology.
• We need another placement test remedial
  keyboarding and technology.
• Huge digital divide between the haves and the
  have nots based on income levels (class).
• Digital divide is appearing in pre-K.

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Take a Look at a Large Urban K-12 School District
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Percent At or Above Grade Level
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Percent At or Above Grade Level
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K-8 End of Grade Tests in Reading/LiteracyPercent
At or Above Grade Level
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K-8 End of Grade Tests in Math Percent At or
Above Grade Level
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Once in College

• Many of our students have had little academic
  success in the past.
• They have been functioning below grade level
  since early elementary school.
• Computer skills are also lower.
• They come to college and we test them using a
  computer.
• They test into remedial courses but dont take
  them.
• They enroll in courses they arent prepared for.
• They also take distance ed classes (require more
  motivation and discipline).

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Of the 5,694 New Program-declared Students at
CPCC in Fall 2004.
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Is It Different by Race?
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In School

• They need to understand why
  they are doing what they are
  doing objectives of classroom
  activities and projects.
• They want to have input into
  their educational processes.
• They want to be involved in meaningful
  activities, not mundane work.
• They think it is cool to be smart.
• They will respond well to programs like learning
  communities and service learning.

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Millennial Expectations

• Clear expectations, explicit syllabi, and well
  structured assignments.
• They expect detailed instructions and guidelines
  for completing assignments.
• They have come from K-12 systems where students
  are actively involved in learning and classroom
  activities change often.
• Teachers are helpers and facilitators of learning.

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Satisfaction with Online Courses
Source Educause
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CPCC Students How satisfied were you with the
technical capabilities of the online course?
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CPCC Students How satisfied are you with the
format in which the online course was offered?
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Attitudes ..
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Issues for Schools, Colleges and Universities in
an Information Age

• Plagiarism (consumer/creator blurring)
• Cheating (must define it)
• Cell Phone Policies
• Typing vs. Handwriting

From The Information Age Mindset Changes in
Students and Implications for Higher Education.
By Jason L. Frand. Educause. Sep/Oct 2000.
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How are Millennials doing in school?

• Teachers report that students are doing better
  academically.
• The largest gains have been in math and science
  for ages 9 and 13.
• Verbal skills show less clear
• trends.
• Millennials have corrected a late 80s decline in
  writing proficiency.
• Reading scores show modest gains
  through the 90s.

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SAT Scores a Twenty Year Reversal
Millennials Taking SAT
Highest SAT Scores in 35 Years
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SAT 2006 College-bound Seniors by Gender and Test
Component
22.1 scored over 600 on any of the three areas,
16.2 scored below 400 on any of the three areas.
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Mean SAT Scores by Race - 2006
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What Do Businesses and Colleges/ Universities
Need to Know about Todays College Students and
Graduates
Here Come the Girls
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College Full-time Enrollments in Millions
First Millennial College Graduates Spring 2004
--- Peak Enrollment 2010. Of the 5.8 million in
college in 2010, 56 will be women.
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Boys and Their Educational Choices
The Boys Project. http//www.boysproject.net/stati
stics.html
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First Time Freshman Enrollments by Gender 50
Years (numbers in thousands)
(54.8)
(45.2)
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College Graduation Projections (numbers in
thousands) (61 of degrees will go to women)
(62.6)
(37.4)
(60)
(40)
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Ambitions

• Most popular college majors

• Medicine
• Education/teaching
• Business and marketing

• Engineering
• Law and politics
• Computer science

• Most sought after qualities in careers

• Idealistic and committed co-workers

• Responsibility
• Independence
• Creativity

• Most common job trends

• Seek security benefits
• Stay with company that offers a challenge

• Multi-taskers
• Change Careers

Source Industry Week, March, 1998.
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Difference in Values

• They have witnessed their baby boomer parents
  coming home from stressed jobs, exhausted,
  falling asleep at the dinner table and dont
  want that for themselves.
• They are a generation who is interested in a life
  with value and meaning they do not aspire to
  what the boomers aspire to they want
  something different.

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True Multi-taskers

• Millennials have lived programmed
  lives and are already quite
  capable of
  learning several jobs
  simultaneously and performing
  them
  admirably.
• Millennials will change careers
  many times.
• Retooling and recycling their
  skills and talents
  will become
  common.
• To retain them, smart employers
  will encourage Millennials to
  try out different careers within the same company.

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Need for Services

• It is estimated that 3 million Millennials have
  been diagnosed with ADHD and have been medication
  (80 are boys).
• Within student populations, the number with
  disabilities has jumped from 3 to 9.
• Many have had individual education plans.
• Many need testing services (quiet, separate).
• Need to self-advocate to teachers.
• Major transition from high school to college.

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2004 Research Study

• Central Piedmont Community Colleges Center for
  Applied Research was contracted to do this study
  by the Workforce Development Board.
• Focus Groups were conducted.
• An Online Survey was administered.
• Data collected JanuaryMarch 2004 from the
  University of NC at Charlotte, Central Piedmont
  Community College and Johnson C. Smith University.

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Characteristics They Look for in Teachers

• At least 50 said
• Enthusiastic about the course/teaching
• Are fun to be around
• Provide intellectual challenges
• Have flexible class policies
• Are sensitive to your needs/feelings
• Emphasize preparing for future career

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Working in Teams

• How do you feel about working in teams?
• I like it 44.7
• Have no feelings about it 25.9
• I dont like it 29.4

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Working in Teams

• In the classroom, do you do the following? 1
  never
• 2 rarely
• 3 sometimes
• 4 often
• Mean (sd)
• Are given team grades on working
• with others 2.62 (.89)
• Write papers/do projects with others 2.41 (.79)
• Study/do research in teams 2.35 (.80)

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What Will You Do After
Graduating?

• Immediately get a job 43
• Continue my education 34
• Take some time off 5
• Marry/start a family 6
• Not sure 13

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Career Field

• How likely do you think it is that your first job
  out of college will be in your career field?
• Somewhat Likely 37.4
• Not Likely/Not Sure 20.5
• Very Likely 39.4

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Comparing Yourself to People Your Parents Age..

• When your generation is your parents age, will
  you take more, about the same or less interest
  in
• New Technology - more interest
• Voting and Government - about the same
• Reading and the Arts - about the same

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Salary Expectations

• Realistically, what do you expect your starting
  salary will be when you begin working?
• Millennials
• 15-20K 7.7
• 21-30K 29.3
• 31-40K 27.0
• 41-50K 15.9
• 50K 7.0
• Not sure 12.5

Approximately 65 felt they would learn 40K or
less
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Importance of Career Components

• Elements thought to be very important
• Respected on the Job
• Opportunity for Professional Development
• Ability to Have an Impact on the World

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Importance of Career Components

• Items thought to be somewhat important
• Access to Information and Expression of Personal
  Opinion
• Having High Job Prestige
• Working with Inspiring Colleagues
• Geographic Location of Job
• Receive Guidance and Direction from Supervisor
  

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Importance of Career Components

• Items thought to be somewhat important
• Participating in Company Decisions
• Independence/Professional Autonomy
• Using Creativity on the Job
• Lots of Responsibility
• Flexible Work Hours
• Dress Code Appropriate to
  
• Work Environment

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Importance of Job Benefits

• Benefits thought to be very important
• Health Insurance
• Salary Growth
• Plans like 401K
• Life Insurance
• Bonuses
• Employer-paid Retirement
• Benefits thought to be unimportant
• Stock Options
• Profit Sharing

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Jobs in Lifetime

• How many jobs do you
  think you will hold in
  your lifetime?
• 1-3 35.7
• 4-6 41.5
• 7-10 16.5
• Over 10 6.2
• 64 expect to have 4 or more jobs

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Worry

• Things they worry about frequently Future Plans
  
• Things they worry about occasionally
  Transitioning to Life After College
• Finding a Job to Fulfill your Goals and
  Aspirations
• Money to Travel/for Hobbies
• Life After College
• Financial Debt

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Worry

• Things they worry
  about occasionally
• Home Ownership
• Paying Monthly Bills
• Finding a Job in Your Field
• Relationships After College
• Things they dont worry about at all
• Being Penalized for No Job Experience

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Future Odds

• The following felt it was very likely that they
  would someday
• Work for themselves/own business 21
• Have lifestyle they grew up with 63
• 79 felt a two income household would be somewhat
  to very important in reaching their lifestyle
  goals?

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Quality of Life?

• Rank order of items that contribute
  to a good quality of life
• ( ranking item in top 3 on a scale
  of 1-8)
• Having a secure future for my family 71.5
• Time to enjoy family/children 68.7
• Having family/children 63.2
• Having a great job 60.4
• Having good friends 55.2
• Having plenty of money 45.5
• Having plenty of free time 40.2

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Your Generation in the Future

• Someday, your generation will be raising kids,
  running corporations and occupying high political
  office. When that day comes, which areas of
  American life will be better, the same or worse
  than today because of your generation?
• 3 better
• 2 same
• 1 worse

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Areas they felt they would do better
Technology Race Relations Areas they
felt they would do about the same
Economy Schools Arts/Culture
Foreign Affairs Areas they felt they
couldnt improve on
Government Family Life Religion
Crime/Public Order
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Some are already in the workforce. What are they
saying?

• The technology is too slow.
• Just because Im young doesnt mean I should be
  given low pay and a poor work schedule.
• I expect to be treated fairly.
• We are inheriting a mess in the workforce who
  got us there?
• My dad worked 60 hours a week and then lost his
  pension no way Im doing that.
• I can get my work done in 40 hours sorry if
  you cant.

Charlotte Observer, Sunday, March 5, 2006.
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How They Will Push Us

• More independence in the workforce
• Consumer-based fairness
• Better technology
• Enhanced professional development
• Get rid of thats the way weve always done it
• Have more life balance
• Re-establish priorities

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So How Do We Work With Them?

• Because they have grown up in a different world,
  never assume that they know certain things like
• You dont want to talk to their mother when they
  are having problems.
• You dont get points for showing up or an A for
  effort.
• The definition of plagiarism and cheating.
• Its not appropriate to call the professor at
  home after 9pm.
• They cant use IM language in papers.
• Its not okay to email the professor 10 times a
  day.
• That when they email you at 3am, youre not
  sitting on the other end waiting to respond to
  them.
• The business office (and most others) close at
  5pm.

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Some Major Issues Worth Addressing

• Some of them have been performing below grade
  level all their lives and they may not know it
  (age of social promotion).
• You may be the first strict grader they have
  encountered (will discourage them).
• They are not good planners and will do everything
  late if allowed.
• Many are not very hardy. Will quit or drop out
  because its hard.
• They are very good consumers and will figure out
  a way to stay under the radar.

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What Should Institutions Do (In the Classroom)?

• Develop policies and practices around appropriate
  communication (by department).
• Give them electronic access to as much as is
  philosophically possible.
• Draw a line on negotiations.
• Give them definitions, boundaries and rules.

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What Should Institutions Do?

• Stop existing in an 8-5 world.
• Establish prerequisites for reading and writing
  intensive courses.
• Force them to take developmental courses the
  first semester (dont set them up to fail).
• Stop letting them register late, hand in late
  work and procrastinate.

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What Should Institutions Do?

• Dont let them take online courses if they are
  not tech savvy and dont possess the motivation
  to complete.
• Train all faculty to detect and work with low
  performing students (especially in gate keeper
  courses).

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What Should Institutions Do?

• Look into what is known about learning.
• Try to actively engage them.
• Engage them in group-oriented activities
• Service learning
• Study groups
• Supplemental instruction
• Learning communities

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What Should Institutions Do?

• Create alterative ways for the low-tech students
  to come up to speed.
• Basic keyboarding skills.
• Special workshops or lab sessions on the basics.
• Help them master software that will do work for
  them.
• Get access to computers (refurbished, community
  projects, grants, etc.)

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One Final Word

• In case you're worried about what's going to
  become of the younger generation, it's going to
  grow up and start worrying about the younger
  generation. (Roger Allen)

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Who Are They?

• A new Silent Generation referred
  to as Generation Z, Generation
  Alpha or the Homeland Generation.
• Starts mid-2000s until about 2017
  to 2020 and will be considered an
  artist generation
• Artists are subtle, indecisive, emotional and
  compromising, often having to deal with feelings
  of repression and inner conflict. They grow up as
  over-protected children, come of age as sensitive
  young adults, rebel as indecisive midlife leaders
  and become empathic elders (like those born
  1925-1942).

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss_and_Howe
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Generation Z

• Will be raised on technology, they will not be
  scared of anything, they will be open to new
  ideas.
• They will be into truth and loyalty and they will
  not be not afraid to voice their opinion.
• They will be flexible and open to change.
• They will be fearless and fun.
• They will be the new hope for our own future.
• Their great-grandparents belong mostly to
  the Silent Generation and the Baby boomers
  form the core of their
  grandparents.
• Their parents are seen as being roughly
  evenly divided between Generation X
  and Generation Y.

http//www.generationzbaby.com/generation-z.html
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