Rebranding Ukrainian Generations and Generation Y through the Prism of Modern Views

Anatoliy Kuzminskyy^1,

¹Bohdan Khmelnytskyy National University of Cherkasy, Ukraine

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Anatoliy Kuzminskyy. Rebranding Ukrainian Generations and Generation Y through the Prism of Modern Views. American Journal of Educational Research. 2014; 2(12B):83-86. doi: 10.12691/education-2-12B-15

Abstract

The article offers a short survey of the Ukrainian generations of 1900 through 2000. It details on the main features of the epoch and the environment in which generation Y was formed. The author specifies on the generation born in 1983 – 2003 and connects it with the peculiar features of the “millennials”’ entry into higher education.

Keywords:
generation Y formation Millennial Students higher education

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