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Review Gallup's Privacy Statement opens in a new window to learn about our commitment to your privacy and how we use your information. The survey shows that they are more likely than their peers who report not having felt overwhelmed to anticipate participating in college activities that can help them ease the college transition. These activities include regularly communicating with their professors, getting help through tutoring, participating in student clubs and groups, and seeking personal counseling.
The Freshman Norms report is based on the responses of , first-time, full-time students entering four-year colleges and universities of varying levels of selectivity and type in the United States. These data have been statistically weighted to reflect the approximately 1. Since , the first year the survey was conducted, more than 15 million students have completed CIRP surveys at 1, colleges and universities.
Pryor, M. Eagan, L. Palucki Blake, S. The fact that students think their own degrees are still valuable but believe higher education is generally "not worth the cost" suggests a pricing problem -- that even if the degrees are valuable, students think they're paying too much for it. But it also may be that as in many surveys, respondents think they've made sound decisions themselves but question the choices or behavior of others. We have retired comments and introduced Letters to the Editor.
Letters may be sent to [email protected]. Read the Letters to the Editor ». About Contact Subscribe. By Doug Lederman. July 7, Related Stories Career centers must support students when goals change opinion High school students and counselors are burned out Virtual job recruiting expands access to students. Moreover, many college students pursue their majors for reasons unrelated to personal fulfillment.
They may place more importance on economic considerations, such as income potential or job availability, compared to their passion for a given subject. And of course, college students tend to be younger and may not know what their passion is, making it hard for them to choose the right major.
Younger Americans may be more concerned with wages, benefits, and in-demand skills because they are having a harder time making it in the workforce compared to older generations. Real wages are stagnant and the costs of college, housing, and healthcare have all risen astronomically in the last few decades. Research has also found that millennials are worse off in terms of wealth and personal income compared to their parents at the same age.
And what does a good career mean? How can we help students identify variables that really lead to a rewarding career? A study in The Review of Higher Education supports this assessment. Soft skills are generally considered to involve areas like creativity, critical thinking, and communication — abilities honed in the study of liberal arts and the social sciences.
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