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Item Engaging the Millennial Generation : public participation methods for Millennials in Austin’s planning processes(2016-05) Peris, Karen Emily; Wilson, Patricia Ann; Mueller, ElizabethPlanning processes include the necessary component of engaging the public in the process with a fair and equitable process. The difficulty with participatory planning processes is reaching all affected groups. One of these difficult to reach cohorts is the Millennial generation. It is a common misunderstanding that Millennials are unengaged and self-centered. Regardless, it is important to engaging the generation because Millennials are a large part of urban populations, especially in Austin. As Austin implements the 2012 comprehensive plan, there are many planning processes that will follow. Austin city planners have the opportunity to engage the Millennial cohort moving forward with these planning processes, starting with the activity corridors, which is the next task of the comprehensive plan. To understand how to engage the Millennials it is important to define the generation's characteristics. The literature review is research of the history of participation, generational differences, and analysis of the Millennials. Then, the report looks at case studies from four cities that have targeted the Millennial generation in engagement process to deduct important themes and understand lessons learned. Overall, the report realizes through the analysis of the characteristics and themes that Millennials engage in different ways than have been effective in the past, but they are, in fact, engaged in civic life. Millennial characteristics and motivations align with the modern landscape of public participation. Understanding the target audience will make planning processes more equitable.Item Generational Differences in Perceptions of Leadership: A Look at Leadership Educators in Higher Education(2013-11-27) Futrell, Angel LynnWith the Millennials? coming of age, there are now up to four generations in academia at one time. With these changing demographics come a change in preferred leadership styles and traits among colleagues and students. There is little research regarding faculty?s, leadership educators specifically, preferred leadership traits. Additionally, though research exists on Millennial students, research is lacking on perceptions of these students by their educators. In this study, an online survey was sent to 320 members of the Association of Leadership Educators asking respondents to rank-order ten leadership traits based on importance in an effective leader as well as rank order the same leadership traits for prevalence in their students. The survey also contained basic demographic questions, such as year of birth, rank, and department. After removing incomplete responses, a total of 57 responses were separated into Baby Boomers and Xers then analyzed using SPSS. Descriptive statistics were ran and the leadership traits were ranked based on mean. This study found that Baby Boomers value honest (2.43), competent (3.90), and inspiring (4.15) as most important in an effective leader. Xers were found to value competent (3.55), honest (3.70), and inspiring (4.50) as the most important leadership traits. Loyalty, an trait that research has found to be important to both of these generations, was ranked ninth and tenth by Baby Boomers and Xers respectively. This study also found that the same leadership educators believed their students, who represent the Millennial generation, embody the leadership traits of determined (4.07), ambitious (4.16), honest (4.35) most often. Competency, a leadership trait that respondents ranked as highly important in effective leaders, was only ranked as the fifth most prevalent trait in students. Research characterizes Millennials as high-achieving and ambitious, which this study found to be true.