Not surprisingly new college freshman, born in 1994 grew up in cyberspace which increasingly is the means they approach the world. This article points out various differences which will be used by police departmnets, military services and employers. There is a huge disconnect between how today's freshman view the world than in generations past. However, authors Levine and Dean who wrote Generation on a Tightrope: A Protrait of Today's College Student conclude that the new college students are more electronically sophisticated than their parents or teachers but woefully unprepared for the real world. Authors characterize them as coddled, entitled and dependent. Personally, I tend to agree. What's your take? (Note that I'm a generation older than most of you!)What can we do in our Title I classes to develop interpersonal skills, highly valued in the workplace?
A cheatsheet to what makes today's college freshmen click. Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today. [article updated 8.21.12,]
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-08-21/class-2016-college-freshmen-mindset-list/57171478/1
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