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.
