Wednesday, September 04, 2013

The Unique Mindset of Millennials at HBCUs - Higher Education

The Unique Mindset of Millennials at HBCUs - Higher Education: Each year, Beloit College releases “The Mindset List” for the incoming class of college freshmen. The list presents a number of statements intended to capture significant historical moments that produce the mindset of the incoming class — which for the past 10 years or so has described students from the Millennial Generation.

Many others have attempted to describe the distinctive characteristics of Millennials, and although popular media have often negatively portrayed the mindset of Millennials, there seems to be some consensus that there are also many strengths of the Millennial Generation. On the one hand, many suggest that they are narcissistic (see recent cover story of Time magazine titled “The Me Me Me Generation”), lazy, unhappy if not instantly gratified and over-parented. On the other hand, they are also considered to be tech-savvy, optimistic, more accepting of diversity and adaptive.