Today we want to share an article from npr.org entitled 'How College Friendships May Affect Student Success.' "Students are typically advised to avoid social distractions and keep their eyes on the academic prize instead.'
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'A new book from a researcher at Dartmouth College puts a new spin on that idea, mapping out the ways differently structured social networks affect students' experiences for good and for ill.
'Janice McCabe, an associate professor of sociology, interviewed a diverse group of 67 undergraduates at a large Midwestern public university (unnamed to protect student privacy.) She asked them to name their friends, which ranged from 3 to 60 individuals, and then she painstakingly mapped out the web of connections that made up each person's friend network.
'Her conclusion? "It's important to realize that friends can have academic as well as social benefits." And the type of network you have matters a lot."
It's important to know what types of peers and social groups your child is drawn to, as this article points out, can make a difference on their path to graduation.
To read the entire article and learn about the social friend group classifications Janice McCabe put students into, visit the original article here.
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