College Freshmen Report Record-Low Levels of Emotional Health
February 1, 2011This year’s freshmen reported record-low levels of emotional health, according to the latest results of the University of California at Los Angeles’s national survey of first-year undergraduates. At the same time, more students gave themselves high marks for ambition to achieve.
College counselors say the two are clearly related, as students put more pressure on themselves to excel.
The percentage of students reporting good or above-average emotional health dropped from 55.3 percent in 2009 to 51.9 percent in 2010, according to “The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2010″ survey. That marks the lowest point since 1985, when the survey first asked the question.
Denise Hayes, the president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, says the data confirm national trends.
Read more of Lauren Sieben’s story at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
