The Hechinger Report – Jill Barshay
“Choose your friends wisely may not only be good parental advice but also a way to do better in college, a research study finds. A trio of researchers put that advice to the test at Berea College, a small liberal arts school in Kentucky, by looking at how much friends actually influence study habits and grades. They found that students who befriended studious peers spent more hours studying themselves and posted higher grades during their freshman year.” (more)