Teaching Gen Z
They face a scary future. They tend to be risk averse, and distrustful of administrators and faculty members. Colleges that help these students feel connected — with professors, peers, and a sense of meaning — will flourish, and contribute to a thriving society.
The Student Mind-Set
Always Right?
Students increasingly see themselves as customers and college as a means to an end. Faculty members are wrestling with the consequences.
Supportive Strategies
Many struggle to complete coursework independently. How can professors adjust?
A Spectrum of Wellness
Do young people misunderstand everyday stress?
The Review | Essay
Living in the university’s blind spots.
“They’re craving advice, mentorship. They don’t always know that. But that’s why they’re there.”
Gabriel Rubin, a professor of justice studies at Montclair State UniversityADVERTISEMENT
Key Takeaways
More about the student experience
Students are arriving at college woefully unprepared, professors say. In the first episode of College Matters from The Chronicle, we explore why this is happening, and what can be done about it.
Some are riding the AI wave. Others feel like they’re drowning.
Many workers care more about finding purpose in their jobs than they do about pay. Why did colleges stop emphasizing their role in the search for meaning?
Academics across the country say they’re seeing a host of new and alarming learning challenges: Fragmented and distracted thinking. Limited reading endurance. Weak vocabulary.
It’s one of the rare places where people who might have little in common are asked to learn together, and from one another.
That makes many faculty members nervous.
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