We are very pleased that Dr. Mark Taylor has agreed to be our keynote speaker for our SEED Conference 2006! Dr. Taylor’s Generation NeXt topic has great relevance to all of us involved in teaching, faculty development and the training our colleagues in the use of new pedagogies. Ultimately, our work in TLTCs is directed at meeting the learning needs of today’s students. Dr. Taylor’s Generation NeXt presentation will assist all of us in understanding “who they are and how they got to be the way they are, their unique challenges, and our best methods of teaching and serving Generation NeXt”. This is guaranteed to be a stimulating and useful session!
Dr. Mark Taylor has over 25 years of experience in higher education, management and the helping professions.
He holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Biology, a Masters degree in Social Work and a Doctorate in Counseling, all from the University of Arkansas. Dr. Taylor has been licensed as a psychotherapist in Arkansas since 1981. He has also worked as a college professor and academic division head, and medical administrator and holds an academic appointment in the Graduate School at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Dr. Taylor was, until January 2006, the Director of Guidance Services at Arkansas State University at Beebe where he was responsible for counseling, disability, career, testing, academic advising, orientation, residence life, student life, student activities and leadership, and other student services. He resigned that position to continue his research and programs on generational issues and Generation NeXt; improving educational services, workforce readiness and their integration into the workplace.
His resume reflects over 150 professional publications and presentations at state, regional, and national events, including consultations in 38 states. Clients in 2006 included Purdue, California State University at Sacramento and 20th Century Fox. His most recent article “Helicopters, Snowplows, and Bulldozers: Managing Student’s Parents” was published in the November/ December 2006 issue of the Journal of the Association of College Union’s International. Some of Dr. Taylor’s other articles on Generation NeXt have recently been reprinted in the Russian journal Otechestvennie zapiski and McGraw Hill’s 2006 Annual Edition Computers in Education. His pragmatic information and suggestions, grounded in data, has made Dr. Taylor a popular speaker, workshop leader and training consultant with numerous schools, colleges, businesses and professional organizations across the country.
For more information on Dr. Taylor and his work in the area of Generation NeXt, please visit his website:
http://www.taylorprograms.org/welcome.html
