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Understanding our Students

Understanding our Students. Ginny Adams, Beth Cauvel, and Buddy Wilson. Our Learning Objectives. Define different generational and demographic characteristics Discuss the impact of this knowledge on our jobs Illustrate strategies for working with different students

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Understanding our Students

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  1. Understanding our Students Ginny Adams, Beth Cauvel, and Buddy Wilson

  2. Our Learning Objectives • Define different generational and demographic characteristics • Discuss the impact of this knowledge on our jobs • Illustrate strategies for working with different students • Plan for better teaching experiences • Evaluate effectiveness of current teaching methods

  3. Why are we having this conversation?

  4. Birth Cohorts 20-22 years GI’s (WWII) 1901-1924 Baby Boomer 1943-1960 Silent Generation 1925-1942 Generation X 1961-1981 Millennials 1982- Present Generational Cohorts

  5. Why do we need to understand this? • Academic Programs & Strategies • Co-Curricular Programs & Strategies • Communication Strategies • Technology • Parental Involvement

  6. Millennial Characteristics • Confident • Special • Sheltered • Stressed • Achieving • Team-oriented • Different lens on diversity • Close parental relationships • Technologically confident

  7. Millennial Student • Exposure/Experimentation with “grown up” activity • Exposed to information, little depth • Different patterns of social connection and intimacy • Increasingly high levels of stress and anxiety • Technological proficiency • Part-time employment • Ambitious yet unrealistic expectations • Aware of campus rules, yet seeks ways to be subversive

  8. Issues to Address • Diversity of needs, experiences and backgrounds • High drop-out and failure rates • Poor class participation • Typically under-prepared • Need specific direction and guidance

  9. The Helicopter Parent Generation • Late “Boomer” or early “Gen X” • Became parents later in life • Pessimists • Protective with children • Soccer moms, hockey dads • Most educated segment of parents that higher ed has ever seen

  10. Handling a Helicopter Parent • FERPA- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act • Establish a standard response time • Direct calls/emails-what is appropriate? • Request permission to discuss call/email with student • Tell parent where to direct student for help • How to handle threats • Avoid responding more quickly to parents than students • Think about how the university DOES communicate with parents

  11. Changing Demographics • Race • Ethnicity • Gender • Sexual Orientation • Religion • Language • Socio-economic status • Veterans • Non-traditional • First Generation • Disability • International

  12. Case Study The Hispanic Student

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