College Students Today: A multilevel vision ; Los estudiantes universitarios de hoy: una visión multinivel
91 124 13 2 ; OJS ; S. Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass ; [EN] A new student generation, denominated generation Y emerged as a consequence of structural changes in a higher education globalization context as well as the social and technologic development. Some of the generation Y characteristics are: digital natives, the most diverse generation, at once more connected and more isolated, facing the worst economy in recent memory, more immature and dependent, with a pragmatic vision of studies and with useful searching information skills.This paper focused a comprehensive and structural vision of generation Y college students. This vision, multidimensional and multilevel, has been constructed with two types of evidence: the first one it's about some secondary evidence sources (research studies, institutional reports), with special focus on strong methodological issues; the second one is founded on primary evidence from a group of junior faculty of University of Barcelona. The multidimensional vision included such aspects as: socia Braxton, J.M., & Hirschey, A.S. (2005). Theoretical Developments in the Study of College Student Departure. In Alan Seidman (Ed.), College student retention: Formula for student success (pp. 61-87). Westport, CT: Praeger Brookfield,S.D. (2006). The skillful teacher: On technique, trust, and responsiveness in the classroom (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Race, Ph. (1998). An Education and Training Toolkit for the New Millenium? Innovations in Education and Training International, 35 (3), 262-271 Delaney, J. G., Johnson, A. N., Johnson, T. D., & Treslan, D. L. (2010). Students' Perceptions of Effective Teaching in Higher Education. St. John's, NL: Distance Education and Learning Technologies. European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice (2014). Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Access, Retention and Employability 2014. Eurydice Report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Fielden, J. (2001). Higher Education Staff Development: Continuing Mission. Thematic Debate ...