Perspectives from a Generation Me

Advisor Niki Weight, University Advising

Taylor Adams, ASTE- College of Ag

Multigenerational Workforce

Baby Boomers (1946-1964)

Generation X (1965-1979)

Generation Y (1980-2002)

Alternate View to Generation Me

Generation Group Work

Millennials in the Workplace

Serving Students Together

Working WithAdult Learners

Remove Stereotypes& Preconceptions

“Older students, rather than their younger counterparts, display those learning characteristics which traditionally higher education has purported to be striving to develop”

- Harper & Kemper, p 220, 1986

Understanding Barriers to Adult Learners

Adult Specific Learning Process

Develop Customer Service to Accommodate Adult

Learners

Develop Specific Advising Practices for Adult Learners

Suggestions/Personal Experiences

References Baily, C. A. (2007). Advising adult learners. In L. Huff & P. Jordan

(Eds.), Advising Special Student Populations (pp. 11-24). NACADA.

Greenberg, E. H., & Weber, K. (2008). Generation we, how millennial youth are taking over America and changing our forever. Emeryville, CA: Pachatusan.

Peck, L.G. & Varney, J. (2009). Advising IS teaching: Providing adult learners with strategies for self- advocation Retrieved –August 8, 2012- from NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources Web site: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/M02/Adult-Learner.htm

Richardson, J. T. E., & King, E. (1998). Adult students in higher education: Burden or boon?. Ohio State University Press, 69(1), 65-88.

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workplace. Journal of Nursing Administration, 34(11), 493-501. Retrieved from http://www.letthelearningbegin.com/documents/pdfs/mg workers.pdf

Gursoy, D., Maier, T. A., & Chi, C. G. (2007). Generational differences: An examination of work values and generational gaps in the hospitality workforce. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 27, 448-458. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.11.002

Spiro, Cara. (2006, November 1). Generation Y in the workplace. Defense AT &L. (2006). Retrieved August 10, 2012 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Generation Y in the workplace.-a0155789907

Pooley, E. (2005). Kids these days.. Canadian Business, 78(12), 67-68.

Twenge, J. M., & Campbell, S. M. (2008). Generational differences in psychological traits and their impact on the workplace. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 23(8), 862-877. doi: 10.1108/02683940810904367