The learning environment of the 21st century

Abstract

The coming of the new millennium encourages a new vision in education. The recent accelerated growth in technology, demographics, geography, financial considerations of institutions of higher education, but most of all the modus operandi of the student of the 21 st century will contribute to the new vision. The typical college student of the next millennium is an individual with a substantial number of commitments in addition to pursuing an education. This student is maturer, more likely financially selfsupporting, and more serious academically than many of today's students. The typical student of the 21 st century does