Dr. Terri M. Manning Speaks About “The Millennial Generation” at Coosa Valley Technical College Campuses
Dr. Terri M. Manning recently presented “The Millennial Generation – A Blessing or Curse for the Workforce” at the Floyd and Gordon county campuses of Coosa Valley Technical College (CVTC).
Faculty, staff, students, school officials, and business and community leaders attended an informative presentation given by Manning on the Millennial generation. According to Manning, the Millennials, born between 1982 and 2002, are the "most scheduled generation ever, are true multi-taskers, expect to have 6-8 careers in their lifetime, and are attracted to diverse environments. The workforce will be inundated with Millennials over the next 10 years. The Millennials will pose new challenges and great opportunities for the workforce. Businesses that plan for and embrace them will reap great rewards."
Manning went on to say that some of the 81 million Millennials are already in college and the workforce. The Millennial’s have been “plugged in” to technology since they were infants, grew up with educational software and computer games, are a safe generation, want and expect services 24 hours a day and seven days a week, their mothers are more educated than any other generation before them, and they function in an international world.
“Millennials will push their employers for more independence in the work place, fairness, better technology, enhanced professional development, re-examination of policies and procedures, more life balance, and to re-establish priorities,” according to Manning.
Manning is the Associate Vice President for Institutional Research and Assistant to the Executive Vice President at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina. She also serves as the Director of the Center for Applied Research at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC). The first study Manning and her staff undertook through the research center was on the Millennial Generation and was funded by the local workforce development board. This research has proven to be of great interest to colleges and businesses. To date, Manning has done over 30 keynote presentations on this topic at national meetings, for other colleges across the country, and local businesses. She has worked with the American Association of Community Colleges training their commissions on future issues that are relevant to community colleges. She has been a keynote speaker for the League for Innovation in the Community College and is currently a part of their speaker’s bureau.
Manning received her doctorate in Higher Education from Oklahoma State University. She has been at CPCC for 9 years. Before that she was a fulltime graduate faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for 7 ½ years, at Oklahoma State University for two years, and part-time at Tulsa Community College for seven years. She has been involved locally, regionally, and nationally with multiple agencies, projects, and initiatives. She has done institutional effectiveness consulting with multiple colleges and serves on visiting teams for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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