2003 Freshman Class

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2003 Freshman Class

• The Next Great Generation

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Meet the Millennials

• Born in or after 1982
• Babies on Board and Have you Hugged your Child
  Today? children
• More numerous, more affluent, better educated,
  and more ethnically diverse
• Very focused on teamwork, achievement, modesty,
  and good conduct

Howe and Strauss, Millennials Rising
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Who are they??

• Are they pessimists?
• Are they self-absorbed?
• Are they distrustful?
• Are they rule breakers?
• Are they neglected?
• Are they stupid?
• Have they given up on progress?

Howe and Strauss, Millennials Rising
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The life and times of the Class of 2007

• Before Birth (1982-84)
• Compact disc first sold
• Sally Ride - first U.S. woman in space
• Bell telephone was broken up
• McIntosh Computer debut
• Born (1985)
• Gorbachev came to power
• America became the leading debtor nation
• United States invaded Grenada

• One year old (1986)
• Challenger exploded
• Chernobyl nuclear accident
• U.S. bombed Libya
• Homelessness entered Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Two years old (1987)
• Stock Market crash
• Oliver North (Iran-Contra hearings)
• Three years old (1988)
• George Bush elected

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The life and times of the Class of 2007

• Four years old (1989)
• Berlin Wall came down
• Tiananmen Square killings
• Exxon Valdez accident
• Savings and Loan bail out
• World Wide Web started
• Five years old (1990)
• Persian Gulf War
• Nelson Mandela released
• Unification of Germany

• Six years old (1991)
• Soviet Union broke apart
• Apartheid repealed in South Africa
• Clarence Thomas hearings
• Seven years old (1992)
• Bill Clinton elected
• U. S. troops in Somalia
• Los Angeles riots followed the Rodney King
  verdict
• Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia

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The life and times of the Class of 2007

• Eight years old (1993)
• Israeli-Palestinian peace accord
• Branch Davidian stand off in Waco, Texas
• European Community established
• Nine years old (1994)
• World Series was canceled
• Kurt Cobain committed suicide

• Ten years old (1995)
• Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House
• O. J. Simpson was acquitted
• Oklahoma City federal building bombed
• Eleven years old (1996)
• Unabomber arrested
• Bill Clinton reelected

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The life and times of the Class of 2007

• Fourteen Years Old (1999)
• Columbine High School Tragedy (and local threats)
• Dow Jones sets record highs (Tops 12,000)
• Instant Messaging (IM) technology
• Fifteen Years Old (2000)
• Presidential election controversy
• Tech stocks start to fall

• Twelve years old (1997)
• Simpson guilty in civil trial
• Dow Jones topped 8,000
• Princess Diana killed
• Thirteen Years Old (1998)
• Clinton/Lewinsky Affair
• Shootings in the U.S. Capitol Building

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The life and times of the class of 2007

• Sixteen Years Old (2001)
• George W. Bush elected
• Terrorist attack on U.S. territory (World Trade
  Center and Pentagon)
• Seventeen Years Old (2002)
• War on Terrorism
• Eighteen Years Old (2003)
• Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Todays Students (quick recap)

• A Southerner has always been President of the US
• Computers, CDs, VCRs have been present their
  entire lives
• Never known a day without AIDS
• Have no clue how to use a typewriter
• Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic

• Have always had answering machines, cable, and a
  remote control
• Do not know what hard contact lenses are
• Theyve never heard
• Wheres the Beef?
• Id walk a mile for a Camel
• de plane Boss, de plane!
• Weather reports have always been available 24-7
  on TV

The Mindset List, Beloit College, Wisconsin
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Todays Students (Quick recap)

• Never took a swim and thought about JAWS
• Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show
• McDonalds never came in Styrofoam containers
• They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea
  who J.R. even is!

• Too young to remember the space shuttle blowing
  up
• Dont know who Mork was or where he was from
• Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave
• Barbie has always had a job

The Mindset List, Beloit College, WI
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Who is YOUR Hero?
In the 1950s and 60s, students answered John F.
Kennedy, FDR, Churchill, etc.

• 1979
• 3 Entertainers and athletes
• 2 God (distance second place)
• 1 No one

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Heroes for ASU students

• Parent (49.4)
• Relative, friend or neighbor (20.1)
• Religious Figure (10)

ASU Freshman Study (1999)
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Move from ELITE to MASS Education

• 1900
• 4 of 18 year olds went to college

• 1999
• 65 of high school graduates go to college

Levine and Cureton, When Hope and Fear Collide
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1965 - 2009
14.8 million - 1999
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Enrollment by Institutional Type
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002 Almanac Issue
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A Changing Profile

• A more diverse student body no one college
  experience.

Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002 Almanac Issue
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Percent of adults with a 4-year
college degree
N.C. 23 (2000 Census)
1990 Census
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Fall 2002 ASU Freshmen

• Total undergraduate enrollment 12,852
• 2, 419 entering freshmen (up from 2,312 in 2001 -
  predicting 2,475 for Fall 2003)
• Average SAT score 1110
• 3.65 average High School GPA
• 89.7 Caucasian (down from 94.7)
• 8.2 Non-Caucasian
• (4.3African-American, 1.7Hispanic,
  1.7Asian, 0.2Native American, 0.3Other)

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Where do they come from?

• Top 5 Counties
• Mecklenberg (1223/260)
• Watauga (1,076/93)
• Wake (989/219)
• Guilford (648/135)
• Forsyth (640/91)

• Top 5 States
• North Carolina (12,607)
• Georgia (312)
• South Carolina (232)
• Virginia (222)
• Florida (146)

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National Events and their Significance

• Columbine Shootings (70.1)
• Oklahoma City Bombings (55.2)

The events they selected as being significant to
their lives all deal with violence. (Personal
violence that could happen to them) It was too
real It could happen to anyone
ASU Freshman Study (1999)
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The Effects of 9/11

• No doubt a lifetime marker event
• Registering in increasing numbers for classes on
  the Middle East, Islam, and Arabic language study
• Renewed student interest in jobs with the CIA and
  government services
• In a reversal, more students indicating interest
  in military careers and ROTC
• Influenced students to become more interested in
  the Peace Corps and serving global peace

Jon Dalton, Journal of College and Character,
"September 11 Will this 'Marker' Event Give
Todays College Students a Greater Moral Vision?
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Looking toward the Future

• May have provided them with a greater moral
  purpose and direction
• More politically and socially active, more
  internationally minded, and more focused on
  quality of life issues
• Growing interest in spirituality and search for
  inner peace
• Have new heroes and heroines now

Jon Dalton, Journal of College and Character,
"September 11 Will this 'Marker' Event Give
Todays College Students a Greater Moral Vision?
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Academics

• Attitudes
• and Behaviors

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Raising Standards

• TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and
  Science Study)
• Spring 1995, given to 4th, 8th, and 12th graders
• 12th graders (Gen Xers) did very poorly
• 8th graders (Gen Xers born in 1981) did somewhat
  better
• 4th graders (Millenials born in 1985) did
  extremely well second only to Korea in science

Howe and Strauss, Millennials Rising
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Wake-Up Call

• For the Millennial mom or dad, no age is too
  young to begin preparing them for school
• Lapware programs, Brainy Baby videos
• More involved in homework
• More involved in the classroom
• Schools of choice
• More attention to regular kids

Howe and Strauss, Millennials Rising
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HS Seniors Who Took AP Exams

• Nearly 3 times as likely to take Calculus
• Twice as likely to take the 3 major sciences
• Taking twice as many AP exams

Howe and Strauss, Millennials Rising
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Top Reasons for Attending College

• To learn about things that interest me (80.8)
• Training for a specific career (73.7)
• To gain a general education and appreciation of
  ideas (70.4)
• To be able to get a better job (69.6)
• To be able to make more money (66.2)

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Aspirations

• How important is it to you that you
• graduate from college?
• Not at all important 0.1
• Somewhat important 2.3
• Very important 19.4
• Extremely important 78.2

ASU Freshman Survey, 2001
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Degree Expectations
ASU Freshman Survey, 2001
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Academic DisengagementStudy 6 or more hours per
week in last year of high school
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Freshman Bad Habits

• 47.9 frequently turned in assignments that did
  not reflect their best work
• 33.3 skipped class at least occasionally
• 32.6 came to class late at least occasionally
• 26.1 were frequently bored in class
• 23 frequently or occasionally received tutoring
• 22.5 frequently felt that their courses inspired
  them to think in new ways

Your First College Year, 2002
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Before their Freshman Year

• 73 spent 1-2 hours a day studying and doing
  homework (
• 76 expect to spend 4 or fewer hours a day
  studying and doing homework in college
• 88 report a B or better average in HS
• 88 report being involved in at least one
  extracurricular activity in HS, spending an
  average of 2 or more hours per week

ASU Freshman Survey, 2001
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Time Freshmen Spent Studying

• Less than 6 hours per week 35.6
• 6 to 10 hours per week 30.7
• 11 to more hours per week 33.7

Your First College Year, 2002
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Actual GPAs

• Average cumulative GPA for FS students 2.95
• Females 3.09
• Males 2.80
• Average cumulative GPA for all freshmen 2.81
  (2001), 2.69 (2000)

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Their Behaviors

• Sex, Drugs and
• Rock Roll

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ASU Freshman Smoking Habits

• Within the last 30 days, on how many days did you
  use cigarettes?
• 50.2 Never used
• 10.2 Have, but not in 30 days
• 8.8 Used 1-9 days
• 3.9 Used 10-19 days
• 26.9 Used 20 or more days

National College Health Assessment Survey, Spring
2001
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Marijuana use among FreshmenWithin the last 30
days, on how many days did you use marijuana
(pot, hash, hash oil)?

• 51.2 Never used
• 15.9 Have, but not in 30 days
• 15.4 Used 1-9 days
• 5.3 Used 10-19 days
• 12 Used 20 or more days

National College Health Assessment Survey, Spring
2001
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Freshmen and AlcoholHow would you describe
yourself as a drinker?

• 25 Abstainer, non-drinker
• 41 Light drinker
• 30 Moderate drinker
• 4 Heavy drinker

Appalachians Online Health Survey, Fall 2002
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Consequences of Drinking

• 43.1 reported doing something they later
  regretted
• 32.7 reported forgetting where they were or what
  they did
• 3.4 reported having someone use force or threat
  of force to have sex with them

National College Health Assessment Survey, Spring
2001
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Health and Fitness

• As with asthma, adult obesity has also
  increased
• According to Newsweek, August 2, 1999, the
  percentage of high school students taking a daily
  gym class has dropped from 42 in 1991 to 27 in
  1997

Howe and Strauss, Millennials Rising
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Health and Fitness

• 30.2 of freshmen described their weight as being
  slightly over or very over
• When asked if they were trying to do anything
  about their weight, 44.9 responded that they
  were trying to lose weight.

National College Health Assessment Survey, 2001
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In summary

• More numerous, more affluent, and diverse
• Very focused on teamwork and achievement
• Optimistic, rule followers, believe they can make
  a difference
• Heroes are people they know personally
• Fearful of personal violence
• More focused academically

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How can you use this information?

• Use assignments that widen tolerance
• Group work, team work, collaborative learning
• Use assignments that demand CRITICAL THINKING
• Demand responsible citizenship
• Educate them on personal safety and wellness
• Model life-long learning
• Challenge them they are expecting it

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How can you use this information?

• Be learning centered rather than teaching
  centered
• Discover student motivations
• Engaged students work hard
• LISTEN TO YOUR STUDENTS
• Explain the purpose of each activity
• Show care and respect by setting high
  expectations and providing plenty of support

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Sources

• Millenials Rising, Howe Strauss (2000)
• When Hope and Fear Collide, Levine and Cureton
  (1998)
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
• Your First College Year (YCFY), 2002
• United States Census, 2000
• North Carolina Census, 1990, 2000
• Jon Dalton, Journal of College and Character,
  "September 11 Will this 'Marker' Event Give
  Todays College Students a Greater Moral Vision?
  
• ASU Freshman Study (1999, 2001)
• National College Health Assessment Survey, Spring
  2001
• Appalachians Online Health Survey, Fall 2002