What is a generational model?
A generational model is one that focuses on each generation of students going to college. Similar to missionaries researching a tribal group before developing a strategy to contact them, a generational college model utilizes demographic research on each college generation to develop an effective strategy to reach them. Generations usually last around 20-22 years, give or take a year or two. Each generation has a reasonably identifiable profile of characteristics. Naturally, each generation grows up in a different time. Technology increasingly impacts each generation. The strategy of a generational model, therefore, is to train and utilize Christians of each generation in a comprehensive peer-driven outreach that helps fulfill the Great Commission through reaching international college students.
