College students support Iraqi troop reduction

University Wire;  April 24, 2006 ;     494 words ......reported that three out of five college students support a reduction of U...Iraq. "We were focusing on college students' attitudes toward foreign...survey, in today's youth and college students in particular, we had to...

College Students Tote $122 Billion in Spending Power Back to Campus This...

PR Newswire;  August 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ......PRNewswire/ -- Notice a lilt in the gait of college students as they begin the familiar migration...released today paints the picture of college students-aged 18 to 24 years, from two-year...financial habits and reveals that college students are putting in hours on the job (75...

News and Views: The Large and Growing Digital Divide for Black and White...

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  October 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Digital Divide for Black and White College Students In the United States, the network...racial computer access gap prevails for college students. This past July the Commerce Department...racial gap in computer resources of college students. Here the story is complicated. The...

New Research on College Students' Political Views

Peer Review;  April 1, 2008 ;     440 words ......upcoming presidential election, where do college students fit in? According to new research...Institute for Public Policy, American college students are politically engaged and have strong...report, "2008 Survey of America's College Students," which includes data drawn from more...

Magnitude of alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among U.S. college...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the heavy drinking patterns of many college students. In 1993, 1997 and 1999, the Harvard...heavy episodic or binge drinking among college students. This was defined, for male student...the 1,440 full-time 2- and 4-year college students surveyed in 1999, 40% reported consuming...

African-American College Students Are Less Likely Than White College...

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  July 1, 2006 ;     506 words ......suggests that because African-American college students are more likely than white students...employment while in college. But white college students hold a job more often than African-Americ...shows that 56.7 percent of all white college students hold jobs while attending school...

Self-efficacy of first-generation and non-first-generation college...

Journal of College Counseling;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......academic outcome indicators of 192 college students. A mediation effect was not found...adjustment at the end of the 1st year. For college students in general, high self-efficacy was...the experiences of first-generation college students (Bui, 2002; Hertel, 2002; London...

News and Views: Binge Drinking on the Rise Among African-American College...

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  January 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ......on the Rise Among African-American College Students In 1993 Professor Henry Wechsler of...startling statistic: 44 percent of all college students were binge drinkers. Wechsler defined...black. In sharp contrast to white college students, Dr. Wechsler found that African-American...

Improving interventions for prevention and control of alcohol use in...

Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......been done with colleges and college students to determine the prevalence...School of Public Health 1999 College Alcohol Study was done with...prevalence of alcohol abuse among college students to be 31.6% and alcohol dependence...with problem drinking in college students. ...

News and Views; Racial Differences in Alcohol Use and Abuse Among College...

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  July 1, 2004 ;     472 words ......were less than one third as likely as college students generally to drink beer. The survey also found that while one half of all college students drank wine or liquor, only one third...in drinking behaviors by American college students, authored by a team of researchers...

News and Views: Eating Habits and Obesity Among African-American College...

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  July 31, 2002 ;     678 words ......widely accepted that large numbers of college students don't eat right. Many do not keep...much of their calories from alcohol. College students also are frequent visitors to fast-fo...fruits and vegetables, large numbers of college students do not get the minimum daily ...

Cigarette smoking practices among American college students: review and...

Journal of American College Health;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Cigarette smoking among college students is a critical public health...whether to smoke. (2,3) Many college students who have never tried smoking...influence the smoking practices of college students. (7) The college years may...

Willingness among college students to help a smoker quit.

Journal of American College Health;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......level of willingness among college students to help a smoker to quit. College students could ultimately have a role...cessation of smoking. (24) College students compose the largest group...ACHA) found that 22% of college students were current smokers. ...

Harvard Poll Finds College Students Concerned About Social Security, in...

U.S. Newswire;  April 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ......finds seven out of ten of America's college students are concerned Social Security will...public. In addition, the poll showed college students at odds with the current administration...the political ideology of America's college students. The 11-question "Harvard Institute...

EDUCATED CONSUMERS.(findings of study of the activities, spending habits...

American Demographics;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......surprise. Truth is, 39 percent of all college students are age 25 or older, 75 percent live...a regular basis. Considering that college students wield $200 billion in buying power...activities and spending habits of college students, focusing on 18- to 30-year-olds...