'Must-Have' From Pew: Millennials Are Really Different

A must-have for college and university planners. The Pew Research Center is out with a brand new study of Millennials. You'll find the Executive Summary here, with plenty of links, including to a PDF download of the entire report.

Related, the SCUP Portfolio: Make Way for Millennials: How Students Are Shaping Learning in Higher Education. In it, many SCUP authors write about Millennials and how they are shaping campus facilities and programs.

From the Pew Executive Summary:

They are more ethnically and racially diverse than older adults. They're less religious, less likely to have served in the military, and are on track to become the most educated generation in American history.

Millennials are on course to become the most educated generation in American history, a trend driven largely by the demands of a modern knowledge-based economy, but most likely accelerated in recent years by the millions of 20-somethings enrolling in graduate schools, colleges or community colleges in part because they can't find a job. Among 18 to 24 year olds a record share -- 39.6% -- was enrolled in college as of 2008, according to census data.

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