According to an August 2011 study by the College Board, the majority of students who just completed their first year of college feel that higher education is vital and worth the time and expense. However, they are expressing regret that high school didn’t prepare them well enough for college.  Apparently, high school students going to college are getting a pretty rough wake up call.

Nearly one-quarter of students  in the study were required to take non-credit remedial courses during their freshman year, while 54 percent reported that their college classes were “more difficult than they expected in terms of what students needed to know and what was required to get good grades.” Getting ready for college is an essential task, and it’s a shame that students don’t feel like the job is being done well enough. [Read more...]