Ypulse College Media Roundup

Ypulse reader Jay sent me some interesting research today from mtvU and the Associated Press (they interviewed over 2,000 18-24 year-old college students). Here are some of the highlights:

- 33 percent are feeling somewhat happy about their lives while 31 percent are very happy

- 70 percent said it matters more than usual who gets elected president this time around.

- 68 percent said the Iraq war was a mistake

- In terms of what is worrying them the most (finances, relationships/dating, grades, friendships), the biggest worry was grades and the biggest cause of stress (job, schoolwork, physical health, emotional health, finding a job after graduation, getting into grad school) was schoolwork

- 23 percent said they feel depressed some of the time (45 percent said they enjoy life most of the time)

- Only 36 percent said they felt understood by their family "most of the time."

- 10 percent were worried they personally were drinking too much

- 9 percent were worried about having casual sex

- 55 percent said the internet is so important to their campus life they couldn't live without it

This was very disturbing:

- 11 percent said their friends had made a suicide attempt and 9 percent said they seriously thought about it.

There are loads more stats and questions so definitely check it out (it's a .pdf).

Peanut Labs also released some research related to the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War and how young people are feeling about it (they want an immediate troop withdrawal). Also, GoCollege.com has posted The Student's Guide to Voting.

The New York Times, reg. required, ran a piece on how professors are becoming more transparent, leveraging social media to share more about themselves and their work with students and colleagues. And finally Ernst & Young launched its own Gen Y career site called EY Insight.