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Millennial Students: Who Are They?

Millennial Students: Who Are They?. Dr. Tammy McGuckin & Dr. Tom Westcott Board of Trustees Meeting March 25, 2011. Who Are The Millennials?. Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069 (Howe and Strauss, 1991) Millennials (Gen Y) were born between 1980 and 2004

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Millennial Students: Who Are They?

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  1. Millennial Students: Who Are They? Dr. Tammy McGuckin & Dr. Tom Westcott Board of Trustees Meeting March 25, 2011

  2. Who Are The Millennials? Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069 (Howe and Strauss, 1991) • Millennials (Gen Y) were born between 1980 and 2004 • Clint Eastwood is better known as a Movie Director than as Dirty Harry. • Unless found in their grandparents’ attic, they have never seen a carousel of Kodachrome slides. • Czechoslovakia has never existed in their lifetime. • Russians & Americans have always lived in space together. • Ruth Bader Ginsburg has always been on the Supreme Court.

  3. Who Are The Millennials? Special Sheltered Confident Team-Oriented Conventional Pressured Achieving

  4. Who Are The Millennials? • They are comfortable with authority and they rarely challenge anything in the classroom (but they believe everything is negotiable) • They fear failure, resist risk taking, have a hard time thinking outside of the box, and are uncomfortable with ambiguity (What will be on the test?) • They make decisions with the assistance of their parents (birth of the Helicopter Parents – hovering, ultra protective, unwilling to let go)

  5. Who Are The Millennials? • Teamwork rules over individualism • They believe they are the ultimate multitaskers – overconfident belief that they can multitask with no decrement in performance • They desire instant gratification and expect instant responses to their inquiries (Why haven’t you responded to the email I sent 30 minutes ago?) • High sense of entitlement

  6. Who Are The Millennials? • They possess strong technical skills but many have low self-efficacy. • “One out of three college freshmen reported feeling ‘frequently overwhelmed’ in 2001, twice as many as in the 1980’s.” (from Generation Me, Twenge, 2006) • “improvements in treatment, medications, and understanding of mental disorders have made higher education more attainable for many people with psychological disorders.” (from College Student Mental Health, Benton & Benton, 2006)

  7. Who Are The Millennials? According to The Changing American College Student Thirty Year Trends: 1966 to 1996 (Alexander Astin): • In 1967, 86% of college students believed that “developing a meaningful philosophy of life” was the most important value, while 42% of college students believed that “being well off financially” was an important value. • Conversely, in 1996, only 42% believed that “developing a meaningful philosophy of life”was important, while 74% believed “being well off financially” was important.

  8. Characteristics of UWF Freshmen Results from the Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement (BCSSE) administered during the 2010 Summer Orientation sessions. • Gender • Female 486 55% • Male 397 45% • Enrollment Status • Full-time 872 99% • Part-time 6 1% • First Generation Student • Yes 345 41% • No 502 59%

  9. Characteristics of UWF Freshmen During the coming year, about how many hours do you think you will spend in a typical 7-day week – Preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, doing homework, rehearsing, etc.)? • 0 hours per week 0% • 1-5 hours per week 4% • 6-10 hours per week 18% • 11-15 hours per week 24% • 16-20 hours per week 27% • 21-25 hours per week 17% • 26-30 hours per week 7% • More than 30 hours per week 4% *Rule of Thumb – 2.5 study hrs for every credit hour x 12 credits = 30 hours Rank Order of Activities: Watching TV, Playing Video Games, Using a Cell Phone, and Reading

  10. Characteristics of UWF Freshmen During the coming year, about how many hours do you think you will spend in a typical 7-day week – Working for pay on- or off-campus? • 0 hours per week 16% • 1-5 hours per week 7% • 6-10 hours per week 15% • 11-15 hours per week 21% • 16-20 hours per week 22% • 21-25 hours per week 11% • 26-30 hours per week 6% • More than 30 hours per week 3%

  11. Characteristics of UWF Freshmen During the coming school year, about how often do you expect to: • Have serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than your own? • Never 2% • Sometimes 27% • Often 36% • Very Often 35% • Have serious conversations with students who are very different from you (religious beliefs, political opinions, personal values)? • Never 2% • Sometimes 24% • Often 35% • Very Often 39%

  12. Characteristics of UWF Freshmen What do you expect most of your grades will be at this college during the coming year? • C- or lower 0% • C 0% • C+ 1% • B- 8% • B 25% • B+ 25% • A- 24% • A 15% • 2010 Average High School GPA = 3.33 • Fall 2010 Average UWF Freshman GPA = 2.67

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