Wellesley Professor Leads Seven-College Study of Today's Students; Results Will Change Current and Future College Experience.

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Byline: Wellesley College

WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- This fall, a group of 36 college juniors from seven New England colleges will once again have the power to make life better for thousands of students following in their footsteps.

Now entering its third year, or the halfway point in its trajectory, the New England Consortium on Assessment and Student Learning (NECASL) has been asking in-depth questions of members of the class of 2010 at seven New England colleges. In personal interviews, they are being tracked as they make the transition from high school to college, to through their first year of college, to their choice of a major, to the decision to study away or not - and eventually to postgraduate study or employment after college. The one-of-its-kind study, supported by grants from the Teagle, Mellon and Spencer foundations, is led by Wellesley College professor of sociology Lee Cuba.

The wide-ranging project aims to find out how:

- Students make the transition from high school to college

- Students make important academic decisions

- Academic and social life varies over time

- College practices and policies...

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