Faculty members, have you ever returned a set of final exams or end-of-term projects only to have younger students complain that they deserved a “break”
Category: Generations
News: Pew Designates 1996 as Gen Y Cut-Off
On March 1, 2018, Michael Dimock, President of Pew Research Center, reported that, in terms of Pew’s research endeavors, “Anyone born between 1981 and 1996
Sage Advice
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?” Satchel Paige (1906-1982) I just assigned this quotation as an essay prompt
Generational Stereotypes
Are Millennials really self-centered? Are Boomers all workaholics? In their 2008 article, Johnson and Lopes reject the belief that workers can be judged by stereotypes of their generations.
The Third Age
We all know that there is a trend toward an older society and, in turn, an older workforce. This trend is rooted in decreased birth rates, economic challenges facing those of traditional retirement age, and a changing definition of what constitutes “old.” Some theorists even champion the idea of the “third age”—
THE HORNDAL EFFECT…
Have you ever heard of it? I hadn’t either until I read C. J. Crawford’s 2011 article
