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Drozd, Glenda P.; And Others – 1994
Results of a 1992 survey showed that up to 39% of adolescents and colleges students may be affected by nonclinical depression. While research shows that depression is related to achievement, it is not yet clear how depression and achievement are related. However, current data do indicate that depressed individuals may show a general malaise about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances
Merrow, John – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2004
These days it seems as if nearly everyone in college is receiving A's, making the Dean's List, or graduating with honors. What is more interesting is that college students in general are spending fewer hours studying, while taking more remedial courses and fewer courses in mathematics, history, English, and foreign languages. Students everywhere…
Descriptors: College Students, Remedial Instruction, Grade Inflation, Educational Objectives