One deficeit that plagues college students who, for whatever reason are considered "unprepared" is their lack of social capital, the benefit one reaps from social connections, no matter how distant. This topic collects articles addressing social capital for students.

Social Capital in Virtual Learning Communities and Distributed Communities of Practice
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.learntechlib.org/p/43189/article_43189.pdf&hl=en&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm1lUY7ZJex6HWDaf5_LvGtycqkkBg&nossl=1&oi=scholarr
#CoP, #social_capital

I am setting up this topic as a place for information about students and grades

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/02/22/is-social-media-really-affecting-academic-performance/ Another article describing the same research reported on below.