While a survey of college freshmen reveals a continuing decline in the time they spend studying or doing homework during their senior year of high school, their high school grade point averages continue to climb. The survey, conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, found that a record low percentage of today's freshmen - 33.4 percent - spent six or more hours per week studying or doing homework in the year prior to entering college. Still, 45.7 percent of freshmen report earning an A average in high school, topping last year's record high of 44.1 percent.
"How did poor study habits net stellar grades?" Cnn.com, January 27, 2003
"College freshmen spend less time studying and more time surfing the net, UCLA survey reveals," press release, January 27, 2003