The Chronicle of Higher Education

Traditional-Age College Students Are Not Adults in Most Parents' Eyes, or Their Own, Study Finds

What does it take for a college student to be considered an adult? A successful career, a nice pad, and financial independence? Many 18-to-25-year-old students list those attributes as markers of adulthood.

But a majority of those students' parents and even a majority...

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