There is a lot more to efficient Googling than you might think: in a recent study on student research skills, 3 out of 4 students couldn’t perform a ‘well-executed search’ on Google. When the success of your term paper hangs in the balance, using Google effectively is crucial, but most students surprisingly just don’t know how.
In 2000, “Harvard Girl”, a how-to guide for Ivy League hopefuls, climbed to the top of China’s best-selling book list. The book was written by the parents of a Chinese girl admitted to Harvard University, and a whole new genre of copycat books rose in its wake. While most would argue that America’s educational system still bests China’s by most measures, that may not be the case in a few years.
In a 2010 national survey of college freshman, it was discovered that students perceptions of their drive to succeed and academic ability are at an all-time high: 3/4 said that they are above average in these two traits. It may sound like great news, but it was overshadowed by another statistics that painted a far grimmer picture: Today’s students have the worst emotional health of any student group ever studied.














