Just as the church is beginning to recognize that "GenX" exists comes this "startling" news: the first "GenYers" finish college this year.
Sociologists, marketers and others have led the way in commenting on how the "Millenials" differ from GenX or earlier generations. One involved observer, Penny Rue, (Dean of Students::University of Virginia), admires the seemless technological life of her students: "my work with students and the observations of other trend watchers have illuminated several aspects of today's students that relate directly to their life online. For them, technology is a way of life, a part of the background. Students today take it for granted in the same way that I never questioned that electricity was available in a wall outlet." To read the complete article, click here.
Posted by mbarlowe at April 28, 2003 11:34 AM