Miler's And Slocombe: A Comparative Analysis

According to Donald S. Miler and Thomas E. Slocombe in “Preparing Students for the New Reality,” they suggest methods to assist students into the new reality and how to be prepared to face competitors and succeed. They explain this in thee ways: discussing the hypercompetitive new reality and cultural changes, millennials unrealistic expectations and decline in academic performances, and the suggested methods directed to educators on how to assist millennials. In Miler’s and Slocombe’s first proposition they discuss the hypercompetitive new reality and cultural changes millennials are facing. They explain the difficulty of organizations to get ahead, because many countries “has access to the same technology, information, resources, and markets”. Therefore, competition expands amid organizations, which creates difficulty in employment. They explain difficulty in employment is where the hypercompetive reality comes to play. Less jobs allow people to understand the challenging workforce reality. The applicants success will depend on their ability and performance. According to Miler and Slocombe, the economy and hypercompetive new reality creates a difficulty that millennials have to overcome to succeed.

They explain millennials apathetic attitude and their belief that they are entitled to employment. Contrary to millennials confidence, academic performance has dropped. They discuss ideas on how to fix millennials education issues and increase their academic performance, however, increasing funding on education is not a solution. Their belief on the decline of academic performance is due to low salary among teachers. Miler and Slocombe’s examination of millennials shows their personalities and how to relate in