Does leaving for college mean leaving your faith? It doesn’t have to…
tudents today face mounting pressure not just to get into college, but to figure out how to pay for an increasingly unaffordable education by working or by setting themselves so far apart from their peers that they’re awarded scholarships. Read the article here.
The most-regretted college majors, according to ZipRecruiter’s College Grads Survey. Read the article here.
Should high school students be competing for the highest grades? Read the article here.
Data on MIT students underscore the importance of getting enough sleep; bedtime also matters. Read the article here.
High school is stressful, but when you add in the pressure to get into college then the stress can skyrocket. Read the article here.
For many teenagers, summer break has become a multiple-choice pressure cooker, when they must decide whether to: (a) rest and recharge, (b) work and make money, or (c) rack up activities that stand out on college applications. Read the article here.
What happens when liberal democracy increasingly resembles communism, especially in higher education. Read the article here.
From the article:
“Many factors are at play in the decline of teen labor force participation, including increased school enrollment, seasonal employment, decreased returns to work, reduced demand for low-wage work, minimum wage hikes, and competition from older workers or immigrants. Time pressure is another driver of reduced teen participation. Teens have many demands on their time and those demands fundamentally differ between the academic year and summer.”
Read the article here.
Where did academic pressure come from? Read the blog post from Tim Elmore here.
