College

In their book, //Connecting to the Net.Generation//: //What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know About **Today's** Students//, Junco and Mastrodicasa (2007) found that in a survey of 7,705 college students in the US:
 * 97% own a computer
 * 94% own a cell phone
 * 76% use Instant Messaging.
 * 15% of IM users are logged on 24 hours a day/7 days a week
 * 34% use websites as their primary source of news
 * 28% own a blog and 44% read blogs
 * 49% download music using peer-to-peer file sharing
 * 75% of college students have a [|Facebook] account
 * 60% own some type of portable music and/or video device such as an iPod

How will they handle college?

There's still plenty to learn. [|A report sponsored by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee] and released last Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 states that this generation may "google" a lot, but they're not necessarily good at refining searches or discerning quality sources. Critical thinking and logic are still needed, maybe even now more than ever.

What they've had. .

What they want. ..

What they need. . . . . . according to the past or according to the future?