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Financial Stress Affects Academics for College Students

According to the annual results of The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) a majority of students surveyed worry about paying for college, and as many as one in three frequently opt not to purchase required academic materials due to cost. Full-time students working more than 20 hours per week face the greatest financial stress: three in five said that their job interfered with their academic performance, yet just as many had considered working more hours.

Read the NSSE Press Release here.

Download the full report (.pdf) here.