Student Engagement Guide

The website explores the pandemic's impact on college students, particularly the classes of 2020-2025. It highlights challenges like remote learning, mental health struggles, and disrupted social experiences, while also showcasing resilience and adaptability. Through personal stories, expert insights, and data, it examines how COVID-19 reshaped education, career plans, and campus life, offering a comprehensive look at the long-term effects on this generation.

The page advocates for rethinking college teaching methods to better suit today's students. It emphasizes adapting to diverse learning styles, leveraging technology, and using interactive, real-world applications. The blog calls for innovative, inclusive, and flexible approaches to improve engagement and prepare students for future challenges.

The Marist College's "Mindset List" for the class of 2026 outlines the cultural, technological, and societal influences shaping their worldview. It highlights their familiarity with smartphones, social media, and global events, offering insights to help educators and others better understand and engage with this generation. The list emphasizes adapting to their unique perspectives.

​​​​​​​As we try to understand and support our students in a post-Covid world, I thought this article might be of interest to you.

The author, Steven Mintz, makes excellent points about the barriers students face and what students need from their higher education institutions.