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Enskat, Aaron; Hunt, Stephen K.; Hooker, John F. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
This study examined Millennial student perceptions of use of social networking, specifically Facebook, by instructors. Two independent variables were examined: instructor age (Baby Boomer or Millennial) and use of Facebook (utilising a course group site through the service versus not using the service at all). Results revealed that Baby Boomer…
Descriptors: Social Media, Mass Media Use, Computer Uses in Education, Generational Differences
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Dueñas, Mary; Gloria, Alberta M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
We examined differences in and relationship of psychological (collective self-esteem), social (cohesion and university belonging), and cultural (cultural congruity) dimensions of university mattering for 141 Latin@ undergraduates. Collectively the dimensions accounted for 50% of the variance, with the psychological dimension having the largest…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Undergraduate Students
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Ng, Edward; Omariba, D. Walter R. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Background: Immigrants, a fast-growing population in Canada, score below the national average in health literacy, but the reasons behind the low scores are largely unknown. Also, there is a need to understand the long-term impact of immigration by examining health literacy by generational status. Objective: To examine health literacy differentials…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Literacy, Immigrants
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Shetty, Rebecca; Chunoo, Vivechkanand S.; Cox, Bradley E. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
The emerging millennial generation of young professionals in student affairs, often accused of being shielded from many of life's developmentally stimulating challenges, may not be sufficiently self-authored to effectively facilitate epistemological, intrapersonal, and interpersonal development among their students. Contrary to expectations,…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Beliefs, Student Personnel Workers, Generational Differences
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Callahan, Rebecca M.; Humphries, Melissa H. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Considerable research investigates the immigrant advantage--the academic benefit first- and second-generation students experience relative to native-born peers. However, little work examines how school-based linguistic status may influence this advantage. Contradictory patterns exist: Research identifies both an immigrant advantage and a language…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Generational Differences, Indigenous Populations, Language Minorities
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Petty, Gregory C. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2013
This was an investigation of the work ethic of K-12 educators from Generation X and Baby Boomer generations. Teachers of the baby boom generation were born between 1946 and 1964, and many are beginning to retire. There is an impending teacher shortage due to the large numbers of this group retiring or leaving the profession. School administrators…
Descriptors: Work Ethic, Educational Practices, Age Groups, Generational Differences
Weeks, William A.; Rutherford, Brian; Boles, James; Loe, Terry – Journal of Marketing Education, 2014
This study examines the perceptions of students, recruiters, and faculty regarding the importance of various workplace attributes to students who are entering the job market. Furthermore, this study discusses the important role that faculty can play as a knowledge broker with both students and recruiters. Looking at students' Top 10…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Recruitment, College Faculty
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Shoshani, Anat; Nakash, Ora; Zubida, Hani; Harper, Robin A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
This study aimed to explore the role of school engagement and the mediation effect of acculturation in predicting 1.5 and second-generation migrant adolescents' mental health and risk behaviors. Participants included 448 seventh to tenth grade Israeli students (mean age 14.50, 53% boys): 128 non-Jewish 1.5 generation migrant adolescents (children…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Acculturation, Predictor Variables, Immigrants
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van den Beemt, A.; Akkerman, S.; Simons, P. R. J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
The intensive use of interactive media has led to assertions about the effect of these media on youth. Rather than following the assumption of a distinct Net generation, this study investigates diversity in interactive media use among youth. Results from a pilot study show that contemporary youth can be divided into clusters based on the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Opinions, Factor Analysis, Internet