Academic Shortcoming And Study Habits Of College Students

Part I of Essay
Each fall a new crop of first-year college students, wavering between high hopes for the future and intense anxiety about their new status, scan college maps searching for their classrooms. They have been told repeatedly that college is the key to a well-paying job, and t ....

Part II of Essay
.... scarcely exists, so many poorly prepared students feel compelled to try college. Getting accepted by some schools isn't difficult. Once in, though, the student who has taken nothing beyond general mathematics, English, and science faces serious trouble when confronted with college algebra, first-year compostion, and biological or physical science. Most colleges do offer remedial courses and other asistance that my help some weaker students to survive. In spite of everything, however, many others find themselves facing ever-worsening gra ....