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iSuccess Stephanie Kuchova Heather Miler NACADA Conference: March 8, 2018 Success C OLLEGE AS A COMMODITY P UBLIC DISCUSSION H IGHER E DUCATION S REINFORCEMENT B ASED ON A FAULTY PREMISE F RIGHTENING REALITY R

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iSuccess

Stephanie Kuchova Heather Miler NACADA Conference: March 8, 2018

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Success

  • COLLEGE AS A COMMODITY
  • PUBLIC DISCUSSION
  • HIGHER EDUCATION’S

REINFORCEMENT

  • BASED ON A FAULTY

PREMISE

  • FRIGHTENING REALITY
  • RESPONSIBILITY
Gutting, G. (2015, September 11). Why College Is Not a Commodity. The Chronicle of Higher Education Rawlings, H. (2015, June 09). College is not a commodity. Stop treating it like one. The Washington Post. Selingo, J. J. (2015, June 16). Higher ed as a commodity? Colleges have only themselves to blame. The Washington Post.
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Teenage Experiences Political Happenings Technological Influences Communication * General Views Aspiration* Learning Style* Baby Boomers (1943-1964)

  • Born during

economic boom

  • Protests
  • Civil Rights

Movements

  • Automobile
  • Radio: Rock

& Roll

  • Telephone
  • Face-to-face
  • American

Dreamers

  • Job

security

  • Logical
  • Structured
  • Classroom

Generation X (1965-1979)

  • AIDs

epidemic

  • Fall of

Berlin Wall

  • Television

(MTV Gen)

  • Very

Beginnings: home computer

  • Telephone
  • Email
  • Desire not to

be defined

  • Work-Life

balance

  • Casual
  • Interactive
  • Roundtable

Millennials (1980 – 2000)

  • Scheduled

to the maximum

  • 9/11 & wars

that followed

  • Personal

computer/ tablets

  • Cell phones
  • Email, Video

Games

  • Text

Messages

  • Social Media
  • Entitled &

Narcissistic

  • Freedom

and flexibility

  • Visual
  • Multimodal
  • Cafe

iGen (1995 – TBD)

  • Information

always at fingertips

  • Online

experience prevalent

  • Media

influenced views

  • Wiki-leaks
  • Global

Warming

  • Everything
  • Whatever

new thing comes out tomorrow

  • Apps
  • Social

Networks

  • Individualistic
  • Technology

dependent

  • Security &

stability

  • Active
  • Engaging
  • Lounge
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Handout

TAKE A FEW

MINUTES TO JOT DOWN SOME THOUGHTS ON YOUR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS & ADVISING STYLE

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Who is the iGen?

  • BORN 1995+
  • SMART PHONE
  • I = INDIVIDUAL
Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
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iGen Perspective

Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
  • YOUNG
  • NOT SOCIAL
  • INSECURE
  • SAFETY
  • WORK
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Technology at a Glance

  • APPLE DATA
  • IPHONE 6
  • TYPICAL IPHONE USER
  • GALLUP (2015)
  • “GOOGLE EFFECT”
  • SEAN PARKER & CHAMATH PALIHAPITIYA
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iGen: Cognitive Capacity

  • WARD STUDY
  • BRAIN DRAIN
  • CONSTANTLY MULTITASKING
  • SWITCHTASKING
  • SLEEP
Bergland, C. (2017, June 25). Are Smartphones Making Us Stupid? Psychology Today. Carr, N. (2017, October 06). How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds. Wall Street Journal. Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
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iGen: Psychology

  • PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
  • SOCIAL MEDIA AND SELF-PRESENTATION
  • SCREEN ACTIVITIES VS. NONSCREEN ACTIVITIES
  • LONELINESS
  • ANXIETY
  • JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (2015)
  • PHYSICAL & MENTAL IMPACT
  • CYBERBULLYING
  • DEPRESSION
  • SUICIDE
Carr, N. (2017, October 06). How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds. Wall Street Journal. Ong, T. (2018, January 08). Investors push Apple to develop tools to respond to smartphone addiction in youth. The Verge. Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
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iGen: Socially

  • IMPACT ON RELATIONSHIPS
  • ONLINE COMMUNITIES
  • “THOUGH THEY ALLOW FOR EXPANDING SOCIAL NETWORKS ONLINE, CAN DIVERT OUR ATTENTION FROM

DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING OFFLINE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH PERSONAL INTERACTION”

  • UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, U.K.– JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
  • VALIDATED – VIRGINIA TECH
  • LOWER LEVELS OF EMPATHY
  • CONVERSATIONS SHALLOWER AND LESS SATISFYING
  • FREE TIME
  • FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION
Carr, N. (2017, October 06). How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds. Wall Street Journal. Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books. Wilhelm, M. (2015, February 23). The iPhone Effect on Social Interaction. Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, Winter 2015.
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iGen’ers Going to College

  • FREEDOM
  • DATING
  • DRIVING
  • JOBS
  • DRINKING
  • “ADULTING”
Twenge, J. M. (2017). IGen: why todays super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy-- and completely unprepared for adulthood (and what this means for the rest of us). New York, NY: Atria Books.
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Who are we working with?

Bureau of Justice Assistance, (BJA). Stages of Adolescent Development adapted from the American Academy of child and Adolescent’s Facts for Families (2008)

Stages of Adolescence Cognitive Development Social-Emotional Development Middle Adolescence

Approximately

14-18 years of age

− Continued growth of capacity for abstract thought − Greater capacity for setting goals − Interest in moral reasoning − Thinking about the meaning of life − Intense self-involvement, changing between high expectations and poor self-concept − Continued adjustment to changing body, worries about being normal − Tendency to distance selves from parents, continued drive for independence − Driven to make friends and greater reliance on them, popularity can be important − Feelings of love and passion

Late Adolescence

Approximately

19-21 years of age

− Ability to think ideas through − Ability to delay gratification − Examination of inner experiences − Increased concern for future − Continued interest in moral reasoning − Firmer sense of identity − Increased emotional stability − Increased concern for others − Increased independence and self-reliance − Peer relationships remain important − Development of more serious relationships − Social and cultural traditions regain some of their importance

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Handout

WRITE DOWN SOME NOTES ON THE iGENERATION AND BEGIN TO

RECONCILE THEIR TRAITS WITH YOUR ADVISING STYLE

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Group Work

  • BREAK INTO GROUPS AND

BRAINSTORM STRATEGIES TO EMPLOY WHEN ADVISING IGEN’ERS

  • REPORT OUT IN LARGE

GROUP

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PRACTICAL – ADVISING – SUCCESS THOUGHTS FROM THE GROUP

  • ENGAGE STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM WITH TWITTER
  • MESSAGE THROUGH INSTAGRAM (OFFICE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS)
  • LOOK FOR INFO TOGETHER (TEACHING)
  • SCREEN SHOTS, LESS WORDS
  • INCORPORATE MORE MINDFULNESS
  • BREATHE FOR 5 SECONDS
  • EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
  • FIDGET TOYS SO PHONE ISN’T IN HAND
  • CHALLENGE TO PUT AWAY PHONE (START GROUP CONVERSATIONS)
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PRACTICAL – ADVISING – SUCCESS THOUGHTS FROM THE PRESENTERS

  • ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS TO HELP STUDENTS CREATE THEIR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS
  • HAVE STUDENTS THINK OUTSIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES TO CREATE A

DEFINITION FOR THEMSELVES

  • BUILD RELATIONSHIPS QUICKLY TO DEVELOP TRUST
  • THIS IS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE IN A SAFE PLACE
  • DISCUSS THE LEARNING THAT CAN RESULT FROM FAILURE
  • EDUCATE STUDENTS ON TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON THEIR COGNITIVE ABILITIES
  • STRATEGIES TO CREATE EFFECTIVE STUDY TIME, TIME MANAGEMENT, ETC.
  • ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR PEERS, FACULTY, OTHER STAFF

MEMBERS

  • PROGRAMMING, BROWN BAG LUNCHES, ETC.
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PRACTICAL – ADVISING – SUCCESS THOUGHTS FROM THE PRESENTERS

  • CATER TO THEIR SHORT ATTENTION SPAN
  • EMAIL LENGTH, GRAPHICS, VIDEOS
  • DECIDE IF YOU ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE SMARTPHONE INTO MEETINGS OR HAVE

STUDENTS PUT IT IN THEIR BAG

  • REMAIN CONSISTENT
  • GIVE THEM REASSURANCE
  • PROVIDE CRITICISM WITH THE NOTION THAT YOU WANT THEM TO SUCCEED
  • PROVIDE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AND EXPECT THEY WILL ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS
  • REMEMBER THESE STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY THREE YEARS BEHIND
  • DISPLAY MYTH OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION
  • EMAIL RESPONSE TIME, ETC.
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Higher Education as a Learning Experience

“The ultimate value of college is the discovery that you can use your mind to make your own arguments and even your own contributions to knowledge …”

  • Hunter Rawlings

Former president of the Association of American Universities