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7 Things You Should Know About Today’s College Student #1. Bachelor Degree Completed & in Debt 1. Academics and/or Time Management 3. Making future plans 2. Financial, social, extracurricular, housing, or family stress $20,340 student debt has TRIPLED in the past 20 YEARS D e b t distribution (huffingtonpost.com)) $32,795 In 2013, 52% of college students agreed that: “My need to pay student loan debt is hampering my ability to further my career” (ASA Study) #2. Fighting the Freshman 15 2015 Average College Student Debt in the U.S.: >$35,000 College Students... eat more drink more (21+beverages) move less “So much of college is built around social calorie consumption. if it’s not social, it’s emotional eating.” (Cohen 442) 59% of college students studied agreed that their diet has gone downhill since they started college (usatoday.com) > < #3. Underemployment: The True Fiasco [The condition in which people in a labor force are employed at less than full-time or regular jobs or at jobs inadequate with respect to their training or economic needs . (merriam-webster)] Unemployed Underemployed Underemployment rate in the U.S. March 2015: 15.5% “We’re willing to do whatever it takes to get a job right now, because we know that it’s competitive. - Pompelia, Ligonier, Pennsylvania (bloomberg.com) “According to BLS, the economy will create 50.6 million job openings by 2022 and only 27.1% will require college degrees .” (pbs.org) #4. Tsunami of Social Media 87% 53% 37% 34% 23% 2014 % Use Among 18-29 year old (PewResearchCenter) VS Helpful Distracting Where’s the balance... ~ 2/3 of the students reported using electronic media while in class, studying, or doing homework” (Johnson & Wales University) Most Popular Majors Most Paid Majors Most Unique Majors 1. Business Administration & Management 2. General Psychology 3. Nursing 4. Biology 5. Teacher Edu. & Pro. Dev. Puppet Arts Turfgrass Science Bagpiping Farrier Science Comic Art 1. Petroleum Engineer 2. Actuarial Math 3. Nuclear Eng. 4. Chem. Eng. 5. Electronics & Communications Eng. #6. Dear Stress, Let’s break Up Top Causes of Stress for College Students (rampages.us) 85% of college students feel stressed on a daily basis (collegeparents.org) #7. The Sky is Our LImit Most Popular Places to Study Abroad 2015 (topuniversities.com) Paris, France Melbourne, Australia London, England Sydney, Australia Hong Kong, Japan Millennials: “Study Abroad Generation” Sources: (Mark Kantrowitz, WSJ.com) (usnews.com/cartoons) (statista.com) (zerohedge.com) (fastweb.com) (payscale.com) (college.usatoday.com) Cohen, Harlan. The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run into in College. Naperville, IL: Source, 2009. Print. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/05/08/congratulations-class-of-2015-youre-the-most-indebted-ever-for-now/ http://college.usatoday.com/2014/10/26/same-as-it-ever-was-top-10-most-popular-college-majors/ http://college.usatoday.com/2015/03/03/campaign-aims-to-double-number-of-u-s-students-abroad-in-4-years/ http://rampages.us/ewilliams/2014/07/24/77/ http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=mba_student http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/diet/2002-01-10-college-eating.htm http://www.asa.org/site/assets/files/2205/life_delayed.pdf http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-05/college-graduates-struggle-to-find-employment-worth-a-degree http://www.collegeparents.org/members/resources/articles/your-college-student-stressed-probably http://www.fastweb.com/career-planning/articles/the-35-weird-but-cool-college-majors http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/19/student-debt-map_n_6168396.html http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemployment http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/majors-that-pay-you-back/bachelors http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/many-college-grads/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/09/demographics-of-key-social-networking-platforms-2/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/205240/us-underemployment-rate/ http://www.topuniversities.com/blog/15-best-places-study-abroad-2015 http://www.usnews.com/cartoons/economy-cartoons http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/11/13/average-student-loan-debt-hits-30-000 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-05/june-payrolls-195k-much-higher-expected-underemployment-rate-soars-143 (college.usatoday.com) #5. The Major Conglomerate

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7 Things You Should Know About Today’s

College Student

#1. Bachelor Degree Completed & in Debt

1.Academics and/or

Time Management

3. Making

future plans

2. Financial, social,

extracurricular, housing, or

family stress

$20,340 student debt has TRIPLED in the past 20 YEARS

Debt distribution

(huffingtonpost.com))

$32,795

In 2013, 52% of college students agreed that:

“My need to pay student loan debt is hampering my ability to further my

career” (ASA Study)

#2. Fighting the Freshman 15

2015 Average College Student Debt in the U.S.:

>$35,000

College Students...eat more

drink more (21+beverages)

move less

“So much of college is built around social

calorie consumption. if it’s not social, it’s

emotional eating.” (Cohen 442)

59% of college students studied agreed that their diet has gone downhill since they

started college (usatoday.com)

>

<

#3. Underemployment: The True Fiasco [The condition in which people in a labor force are employed at less than full-time or regular jobs or at jobs inadequate with respect to their training or economic needs. (merriam-webster)]

UnemployedUnderemployed

Underemployment rate in the U.S. March 2015:

15.5%

“We’re willing to do whatever it takes to get a job right now, because we know that it’s competitive.”

- Pompelia, Ligonier, Pennsylvania (bloomberg.com)

“According to BLS, the economy will create 50.6 million job openings by 2022 and only 27.1%

will require college degrees.” (pbs.org)

#4. Tsunami of Social Media

87%53%

37% 34% 23%

2014 % Use Among 18-29 year old (PewResearchCenter)

VSHelpfulDistracting

Where’s the balance...“~ 2/3 of the students

reported using electronic media while in class, studying, or

doing homework” (Johnson & Wales University)

Most Pop

ular M

ajors

Most Paid Majors

Most Unique Majors

1. Business Administration & Management

2. General Psychology

3. Nursing

4. Biology

5. Teacher Edu. & Pro. Dev.

Puppet Arts

Turfgrass Science

Bagpiping

Farrier Science

Comic Art1. Petroleum Engineer

2. Actuarial Math

3. Nuclear Eng.

4. Chem. Eng.

5. Electronics & Communications Eng.

#6. Dear Stress, Let’s break Up

Top Causes of Stress for College Students (rampages.us)

85% of college students feel stressed on a daily basis

(collegeparents.org)

#7. The Sky is Our LImit

Most Popular Places to Study Abroad 2015 (topuniversities.com)

Paris, FranceMelbourne, Australia

London, EnglandSydney, Australia Hong Kong, Japan

Millennials: “Study Abroad Generation”

Sources:

(Mark Kantrowitz, WSJ.com)

(usnews.com/cartoons)

(statista.com)

(zerohedge.com)

(fastweb.com)

(payscale.com)(college.usatoday.com)

Cohen, Harlan. The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run into in College. Naperville, IL: Source, 2009. Print. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/05/08/congratulations-class-of-2015-youre-the-most-indebted-ever-for-now/http://college.usatoday.com/2014/10/26/same-as-it-ever-was-top-10-most-popular-college-majors/http://college.usatoday.com/2015/03/03/campaign-aims-to-double-number-of-u-s-students-abroad-in-4-years/http://rampages.us/ewilliams/2014/07/24/77/http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=mba_studenthttp://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/diet/2002-01-10-college-eating.htmhttp://www.asa.org/site/assets/files/2205/life_delayed.pdfhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-05/college-graduates-struggle-to-find-employment-worth-a-degreehttp://www.collegeparents.org/members/resources/articles/your-college-student-stressed-probablyhttp://www.fastweb.com/career-planning/articles/the-35-weird-but-cool-college-majorshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/19/student-debt-map_n_6168396.htmlhttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underemploymenthttp://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/majors-that-pay-you-back/bachelorshttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/many-college-grads/http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/09/demographics-of-key-social-networking-platforms-2/http://www.statista.com/statistics/205240/us-underemployment-rate/http://www.topuniversities.com/blog/15-best-places-study-abroad-2015http://www.usnews.com/cartoons/economy-cartoonshttp://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/11/13/average-student-loan-debt-hits-30-000http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-05/june-payrolls-195k-much-higher-expected-underemployment-rate-soars-143

(college.usatoday.com)

#5. The Major Conglomerate