June 1, 2001

Colleges Could Cut Remediation Cost by Dealing With High-School 'Senior Slump,' Report Says

Slackers aren't lazy. They just lack incentive.

That's the chief conclusion of a report released in May that found that students who slack off during their senior year of high school are reacting rationally to a college-admissions process that provides them little reason to work hard during that final year.

The report, "Overcoming the High School Senior Slump," released by the Institute for Educational Leadership and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education,

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