1. Tricia Benscoter

2.  Survey conducted by: Higher Education
Research Institute
 Purpose of the survey: to study the change in
students activities and behaviors throughout
their first year.
 Information given in a article by Jeffery R.
Young published in The Chronicle of Higher
Education.
 “Freshmen Adjust to College Socially but
Struggle Academically, Survey Finds.”

3.  Studying/ doing homework
 Socializing with friends
 Talking with teachers outside of class
 Participating in sports
 Exercising
 Partying
 Working for pay
 Watching TV
 Playing games
 Using the internet

4.  Are more students concerned with spending
many hours studying?
 Are students spending large amounts of time
working for pay?
 Do more students feel that it is important to
spend the majority of their time socializing
with friends?

5.  More students are concerned with spending
many hours studying.
 Students are spending large amounts of time
working for pay.
 More students feel that it is important to
spend the majority of their time socializing
with friends.

6.  More students are not concerned with
spending many hours studying.
 Students are not spending large amounts of
time working for pay.
 More students do not feel that it is important
to spend the majority of their time
socializing with friends.

7. >20 Hours
0 Hours
1-5 Hours
16-20 Hours
6-15 Hours
53%
31%
11%
3%
3%

8. According to the data given, 53%
of students spend 1-5 hours
studying. With 31% of students
committing 6-15 hours.
The least amount of hours
committed to studying is tied at
3% by 20+ hours, and 0 hours.

9. >20 Hours
0 Hours
1-5 Hours
16-20 Hours
6-15 Hours
12%
27%
33%
16% 13%

10. In the survey the largest amount of
students, worked 6–15 hours,
consisting of 33% of the population.
Closely following were students who
didn’t work at all, with 27% of the
population

11. >20 Hours
0 Hours
1-5 Hours
16-20 Hours
6-15 Hours
12%
41%
25%
21%
1%

12. 41% of the sample population say
that they spend 6-15 hours
socializing with their friends
While only 1% confess to not
spending any time with friends

13.  I think that by using the data given it is safe
to say that administrators do not need to be
overly worried about this class of students.
 They are able to balance their
responsibilities of studying, and working for
pay while still maintaining a social life which
is so important to the college experience.