The emotional health of freshmen entering college in the fall of 2010 tumbled to a record low, according to an annual survey of incoming students attending four-year institutions across the country. The report, titled “The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2010,” indicates that just over half 51.9 percent of the students surveyed this past fall self-reported their emotional health was in the “highest 10 percent” or “above average.” In 1985, the first year the question was asked in this survey, 63.6 percent placed themselves in those categories.
Quoted: Danielle Oakley, director of counseling and consultation services for University Health Services, and Amanda Ngola of UHS.