Time Management Introduction Every year, nearly three million
recent high school graduates and older students enroll in a
college or university. Sadly, though, one in four college
freshmen will drop out of school, never to return. Not quite as
tragic, but still extremely regrettable, is the fact that nearly
a third of those who embark on the quest for a bachelor's degree
will take six or more years to complete it. For most people,
going to college is the first time they have ever been
completely on their own. Up to that point, they have had to
follow the rules of the house set and enforced by their parents,
as well as school rules, enforced by the administration. If high
school-aged students did not do what was required of them, they
typically experienced negative and immediate consequences.
College, however, is a completely different world, where
students get a taste of complete independence for the first
time. There is no one who makes sure college students get out of
bed in the morning or sees to it that t