Higher education is on the cusp of a new enrollment boom. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that by 2012 total college enrollment is projected to exceed 15.8 million students, an increase of more than 12 percent over the 2003 enrollment level. The bulk of this increase will consist of traditional-age students who are members of the Millennial generation (born after 1981). This generation of students and their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors will require student affairs practitioners to adopt new learning and service strategies, rethink student development theories, and modify education environments. This volume provides a foundation for understanding this newest generation of students and to offer suggestions on how to educate and serve them more effectively.

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Editor's notes / Michael D. Coomes, Robert DeBard -- A generational approach to understanding students / Michael D. Coomes, Robert DeBard -- Understanding the historical and cultural influences that shape generations / Michael D. Coomes -- Millennials coming to college / Robert DeBard -- Constructions of student development across the generations /C. Carney Strange -- Teaching, learning, and millennial students / Maureen E. Wilson -- Understanding diversity in millennial students / Ellen M. Broido -- Student affairs for a new generation / John Wesley Lowery.