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May 15, 2005
| National On-Campus Report May 15, 2005 Full Issue PDF … |
| Most Students Naive About Post-Graduation Finances Students graduating this year have a couple of reasons to be optimistic: First, they can expect to earn nearly $1 million more over their lifetimes than people without degrees. Second, they’re entering a job market that’s friendlier to entry-level applicants now than it has been in the past few years. However, according to recent studies, many college students are too confident about their financial futures and are, as a result, making mistakes that could haunt them for many years. |
| Idiot Box vs. Books? Not Really First came two national studies finding that most students study 10 or fewer hours a week. Then came a Nielsen study finding that college students spend more than 26 hours a week watching television. Now a study from Arkansas State University-Jonesboro finds that students spend 13 hours a week studying, but nearly that much—12 hours a week—watching TV. It’s tempting to assume from this data that television is taking up what should be study time, but the situation is more complex than that. |
| Suspension and Due Process: Two Recent Cases Two April court decisions affirm that in order to be “fair,” a campus disciplinary procedure does not necessarily need to provide a full-dress, adversarial judicial hearing. |
| Good Idea: Wartburg Seniors Can Graduate Twice This year’s graduating seniors at Wartburg College in Iowa decided that they would like to graduate twice this year—once in a traditional ceremony, and once in a “fake” ceremony with no restrictions on who may attend. Even “pets and in-laws” are welcome, the school says. |
| Reports Lonely Freshmen More Likely to Get Sick?; Ed. Dept. Imposes First 6-Figure Clery Fine; Science Lab Building Boom; HBCUs Fight HIV; Urban Campus Is New 'Dream School'; Doctored Photo Doesn't Change Graduation Lineup |
| Resources Best Practices for First-Year Students; Educating the Net Generation; Conference: Multiculturalism and Change |
