Posts Tagged ‘college students’
Intervene early to cut college drinking
PENN STATE (US) — New tailored interventions can help prevent dangerous drinking during students’ first few weeks of college, a new study reports. Continue…
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Top Stories - Dec 20, 2011 11:15 - 0 Comments
Economic fallout: The college loan crunch
PENN STATE (US) — The rising cost of a college education and limited access to financial aid may create a less productive workforce and steeper wealth inequity, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 12, 2011 12:23 - 0 Comments
Assault risk for women who binge drink in college
U. BUFFALO (US) — Young women who steer clear of alcohol while they’re in high school often change their ways when they go to college—and may be at higher risk of sexual assault as a result, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2011 10:08 - 1 Comment
5 reasons freshmen are sleep deprived
BROWN (US) — Sleep often suffers during the freshman year of college, but a new study finds young students may think their sleep quality is better than it really is. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 29, 2011 13:52 - 2 Comments
Undocumented grads face tough road
U. CHICAGO (US) — Undocumented young adults raised and college-educated in the U.S. are often unable to rise above the menial labor of their parents with no prospects of working in their chosen professions. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 27, 2011 11:01 - 0 Comments
Savings improve odds kids go to college
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Young people with a savings account in their own name are six times more likely to attend college than those without an account. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 23, 2011 14:59 - 0 Comments
Are college kids with earbuds losing it?
U. FLORIDA (US) — A small study with college students found that a quarter of those tested had hearing loss, and they didn’t even know it. Researchers suspect MP3 players and iPods may be partly to blame. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 21, 2011 12:52 - 0 Comments
Final straw events cause drop outs
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Depression and loss of financial aid may cause college students to consider dropping out, but a death in the family doesn’t have a significant impact. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 10, 2011 12:57 - 1 Comment
College students clueless about carbon
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Many college students lack basic knowledge about the carbon cycle and other fundamental processes in the natural world, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 13, 2010 13:48 - 3 Comments
Kids of divorce get less for college
RICE (US) — Divorced parents contribute about a third of what married parents contribute to their children’s college education even though their incomes are about half as much as their married peers’. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 18, 2010 15:16 - 4 Comments
Students abroad: Drinking 101
U. WASHINGTON (US) — American students spending a semester abroad double how much they drink, upping their alcohol consumption from about four drinks per week to about eight. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 13, 2010 17:03 - 1 Comment
Academic probation hits college guys harder
OREGON (US)—Male college students, especially those who did well in high school, are much more likely than females to drop out when placed on academic probation after their first year in school. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 12, 2010 15:25 - 4 Comments
Digital sink or swim for college undergrads
U. OREGON (US)—Students entering college either have it or they don’t—and which side of the digital divide they fall on may shape what career path they take. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 24, 2010 11:26 - 1 Comment
Cheating in college? Prepare to fail
U. KANSAS (US)—Even in the age of laptops and online courses, cheating by college students usually results in the same outcome: failure. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 16, 2010 12:29 - 2 Comments
Sleepyhead, want better grades?
CORNELL (US)—While most college students will admit they don’t get enough sleep, they may not realize how severe their sleep deficit is or how it affects their health and well-being—and even their grades. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 5, 2009 16:52 - 0 Comments
College voters unfazed by absentee ballots
NORTHWESTERN (US)—College students make strategic choices about where to vote, most prefer absentee ballots, and are especially likely to vote absentee if their homes are in swing states, according to a new study. (more…)
