{"id":53360,"date":"2018-08-02T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=53360"},"modified":"2018-08-02T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:00:55","slug":"wright-state-professor-quoted-in-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/08\/02\/wright-state-professor-quoted-in-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State professor quoted in New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Corey Seemiller is assistant professor in leadership studies in education and organizations.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis generation defies the stereotypes of young adults,\u201d in terms of risk-taking, Dr. Twenge said. They are \u201cmore receptive to messages around safety\u201d and less eager to get driver\u2019s licenses, and they come to college \u201cwith much less experience with sex and alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n

They are also more cautious when it comes to academics, fear failure and have learning preferences distinct from millennials, said Corey Seemiller, professor at Wright State University and co-author of \u201cGeneration Z Goes to College,\u201d who queried 1,200 students on 50 campuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do not like to learn in groups,\u201d favor videos over static content and like to think about information, then be walked through it to be certain they have it right.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want a model\u201d and then to practice, said Dr. Seemiller, who posts samples when assigning a paper. \u201cI\u2019ll say, \u2018Let\u2019s look through them and see what works.\u2019\u201d Having grown up with public successes and failures online, she said, students are hungry to have a big impact, yet \u201cworry they will not live up to that expectation.\u201d<\/p>\n

And despite their digital obsession, Dr. Seemiller\u2019s research shows this generation favors visual, face-to-face communication over texting. They are not always good at live social interaction, but they crave it. \u201cThey want authenticity and transparency,\u201d she said. \u201cThey like the idea of human beings being behind things.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a generation that \u201chas been sold a lot of stuff,\u201d said Dr. Seemiller, iGens are shrewd consumers of the tone and quality of communication. That\u2019s pushing colleges to focus not only on what they say, but also how they say it.<\/p>\n

Which is what orientation leaders and staffers in Princeton\u2019s office of the dean of undergraduate students \u2014 known on social media as ODUS \u2014 have tried to master in the way they welcome the class of 2022.<\/p>\n

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