College freshman need help coping

Calcruzer
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:49:08 +0000

Don’t know how many saw this video clip this morning on “The Today Show”.

[msnbc.com Video Player](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp2324686#22324686)

It’s about the high dropout rate and the need for freshman to cope with the stress faced in college.

One of it’s surprising statistics–26% drop out–and most of this is concentrated in the 2nd semester of the freshman year.

I’ve posted it here on the IU forum as well as the regular parents forum since it specifically discusses one IU freshman and it shows a few clips of the university. It also has a counselor from IU speaking and talks a bit about how IU attempts to help their freshman class cope with the stress.