Serving the Millennial Generation - New Directions for Student Services, Number 106

Klappentext By 2012 total college enrollment is projected to exceed 15.8 million! and a new generation of students and their attitudes! beliefs! and behaviors will be in the forefront of this enrollment boom. Now is the time for student affairs practitioners to consider new learning and service strategies! rethink student development theories! and modify educational environments. This volume provides a foundation for understanding the incoming generation of students and to offer suggestions on how to educate and serve them more effectively. This best selling issue is the 106th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education report "New Directions for Student Services." Zusammenfassung By 2012 total college enrollment is projected to exceed 15. 8 million! and a new generation of students and their attitudes! beliefs! and behaviors will be in the forefront of this enrollment boom. Inhaltsverzeichnis EDITORS'NOTES 1 Michael D. Coomes! Robert DeBard 1. A Generational Approach to Understanding Students 5 Michael D. Coomes! Robert DeBard This chapter presents a theoretical model of generational succession that demonstrates how the values of one generation interact with and are influenced by others. 2. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Influences That Shape Generations 17 Michael D. Coomes History and popular culture are discussed as useful lenses for understanding how a generation is shaped. 3. Millennials Coming to College 33 Robert DeBard The thematic elements and demographic characteristics of the Millennial generation are discussed. 4. Constructions of Student Development Across the Generations 47 C. Carney Strange This chapter explores how generational differences influence the understandings! emphases! and applications of student development theory. 5. Teaching! Learning! and Millennial Students 59 Maureen E. Wilson Using the literature on teaching and learning in college classrooms! this chapter offers recommendations for enhancing Millennial student learning. 6. Understanding Diversity in Millennial Students 73 Ellen M. Broido A portrait of the diversity present in the Millennial generation is offered. Those demographics give student affairs practitioners unique opportunities to address social justice issues. 7. Student Affairs for a New Generation 87 John Wesley Lowery The implications of the arrival of Millennial students for the design and delivery of student affairs' programs! services! and divisions are discussed. INDEX 101 ...

Product details

• Authors: Coomes, Michael D. Debard Coomes, DEBARD, SS
• Assisted by: Michael D. Coomes (Editor), Robert Debard (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.08.2004
• EAN: 9780787976064
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-7606-4
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: New Directions for Student Ser; New Directions for Student Ser
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system