Schools, Recruiters Try to Define Traits Of Future Students.

By Ronald Alsop at ron.alsop@wsj.com.

Here come the millennials -- the next big wave of M.B.A. students.

Born between the early 1980s and 2002, and just starting to reach the prime age for a master-of-business-administration degree, the millennial generation is of keen interest to both business schools and corporate recruiters because of differences in its expectations, skills and attitudes about work.

"The millennials are fascinating people and represent a new challenge for both business schools and companies," says Daphne Atkinson, a vice president at the Graduate Management Admission Council. "What happens when a group that has always felt sought after, needed and indispensable arrives in the workplace with higher expectations than any generation before it?"

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