The Changing Faces of Higher Education

Amy Tondreau, Andrea Malek Ash, Anisah Bagasra, Candace Lapan, Catherine Lammert, Edward L. Case, Erin L. Wisniewski, Jason DeHart, Jonathan Wesley, Kimiya Sohrab Maghzi, Lacey J. Ritter, M. Blair Thomas, Marni E. Fisher, Matt Hiatt, Meagan Albrant, Mitchell B. Mackinem, Paige Rawson, Samantha F. Quinn, Sha Huang, Terra Rasmussen Lenox and Zachary T. Barnes

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Abstract: In a time of rapid change and arising challenges, Millennials are the latest generation to enter high education institutions as junior faculty, administrators, researchers, and scholars. As with each generation they bring new values, perspectives, technological expertise, and expectations. Higher education is facing potentially overwhelming challenges in finances, student debt, relevance, non-traditional hiring, with some institutions facing closure. Academic leaders, often Baby Boomers, attempt to meet these challenges while still tied to traditions from a bygone time. The Changing Faces of Higher Education gives voice to Millennial academics and their perspective of higher education. This thought-provoking volume provides the insights and lessons from Millennials working in higher education across various subfields. The contributing authors speak from divergent institutions including small mid-western private colleges to larger East coast public institutions and many locations in-between. The contributing authors are not limited to faculty but covers a range of professionals working in higher education. While diverse, all the authors focus on the challenges in teaching, mentorship, and leadership, challenges related to diversity, and improving technology and research. The thirteen chapters in this book address ongoing challenges faced by Millennials working in higher education, offers advice and best practices, and addresses the ways that Millennials serve as a bridge between their “Boomer” colleagues and Gen Z who make up the majority of currently enrolled college students. Each chapter presents the experiences of the author(s) and the strategies utilized to navigate the increasingly fast changing landscape of higher education.

Date: 2022 Written 2021-11-03
Edition: 1
ISBN: 978-1-64889-350-6
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