In it’s January, 2010 Report “Women, Men, And The New Economics Of Marriage,” the Pew Research Center highlighted an important trend in marriage among Americans ages 30-44. While women in the 1970’s gained more economically by marrying, the trend is now reversed: Men are now the ones who have more to gain economically from marriage. [...]
Archive | January, 2010
How Much Writing Will You Do As A College Undergrad?
One element considered by the National Survey of Student Engagement, an annual survey done at 1,300 4-year colleges every year, looks at the type of work that college freshmen and seniors do. The 2008 survey found that first-year students, on average, wrote 92 pages during the academic year, while seniors wrote 146 pages. For freshmen, [...]
Majority Of College Students Who Fail Had Little Planning Or Guidance
In a 2009 study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the group Public Agenda surveyed college students who did and did not graduate. Part of this study looked at the level of prior guidance and planning that students had before attending college. They study found that the majority of students, especially those who [...]
