COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Dr. Leotis ParrishAssistant Dean, Student Affairs

January 28, 2019Preparing Future Minority Faculty (PFMF)

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Overview§Effective UG Advising§Characteristics/Preferences of Different Generations§Engaging Generation Z Students Through Effective Advising

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Effective UG Advising

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Effective UG Advising is…§ Transactional§ Directional§ Inspirational§ Transformational§ Relational

Different Generations

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Generation Baby-Boomers GEN X Millennials iGEN or GEN ZYear of Birth 1946-1964 1965-1979 1980-2000 After 2000

How old are they? 54 - 72 39 - 53 19 - 38 18

Trusted News Source Dan Rather/Brian Williams

John Oliver Twitter YouTube

Preferred Mode of Communication

Lawsuits Text Selfies Snapchat

Social Network they abandoned Facebook for

Match.com LinkedIn Tinder Instagram

Get-rich Scheme Flipping houses Sell to Yahoo Invent an app Create a video game

Deepest fear No longer being the center of the universe

How to pay off grad-student loans

Everybody doesn’t get a trophy?

Low batteries

Communication media Telephone/E-mail Email and text Text or social media Hand-held or wearable devices

Communication preference

Face-to-face, but will go online

Email and text messaging

Online and mobile (text messaging)

Face-time

Attitude toward career Organizational Early ”portfolio” careers

Digital entrepreneurs Career multitaskers

Engaging Generation Z Students

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Generation Z Characteristic/Preference Suggested Advising/Teaching ApproachLearn best by observation, practical value, visual experiences, practice, active learning

Hands-on, experiential learning; simulation, audience response systems, problem-based learning, games, case studies, team activities; flipped classroom (i.e., course reading, review videos)

Technologically savvy Use of innovative teaching strategies using different forms of technology

Face-to-face interactions Hybrid model that includes internet-supported outside of class learning experiences and traditional in-person

Expect to obtain value from educational experience; want to continually learn/develop

Ensure students understand the value of course content, curriculum, work experience

Short attention span Brevity when communicatingConcerned about world events, community Take time to discuss community affairs

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Hampton, D. & Keys, Y., (2016). Generation Z students: Will they change our nursing classrooms? Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 7(4), 111-115.

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Hariadi B, Dewiyani, Sunarto, M., Sudarmaningtyas, P. (2016). Development of web-based learning application for Generation Z. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 5(1): 60-68.

Iorgulescu, M.(2016). Generation Z and its perception of work. Cross-cultural Management Journal. 18(1): 47-54.

Schawbel D. (2014). Millennial branding and Randstad US releases first worldwide study comparing Gen Y and Gen X workplace expectations. Retrieved from: http://www.prnewswire

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Seemiller, C., & Grace, M. (2016). Generation Z Goes to College. San Francisco, California: Jossey Bass.

Seemiller, C., & Grace, M. (2016). Move over millennials, Generation Z is here! Retrieved from: http://advising.arizona.edu

Shatto, B., Erwin, K. (2016). Moving on from millennials: Preparing for gen-eration Z. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 47(6): 253-254. http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00220124-

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Smith-Trudeau, P. (2016). Generation Z nurses have arrived. Are you ready? New Hampshire Nursing News. 13-14

Sparks and Honey. (2014). Meet generation Z: Forget everything you learned about millennials (Presentation). Retrieved from: http://www.slideshare.net/sparksandhoney/generation-z-

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