‘Digital Natives’

A new generation of college students has arrived, and many of them have no interest in long lectures. How much should colleges change to accommodate the so-called Millennials? (The Chronicle, free link)

Colloquy: Read the transcript of an online discussion with Richard T. Sweeney, university librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, about whether teaching today’s college students—the so-called Millennials—requires a completely new approach.