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This article presents the American College Health Association National Health Assessment (ACHA - NCHA). It describes the process of collecting information to complete this survey. It also explains the importance of the study's results in understanding the health needs of different colleges. Moreover, the ACHA - NCHA is also concerned with drinking issues among college students. This article provides excellent statistics and gives ideas for coming up with one's own survey questions.

The article discusses financial-literacy programs at universities and colleges in the United States. Programs like Texas Tech University's help its students master the basics of budgeting, saving, and not buying what they can't afford. These programs are especially important as colleges grapple with rising costs and an economic downturn in the country. The author states that financial literacy affects student retention, productivity, and mental health, and may also generate good will in a time when colleges are being criticized for repeatedly raising tuition, fees, and housing costs. (From the EBSCO abstract.)

This article is about college students health choices. The study adresses college students choices in food purchasing based on label reading. The case studies purchasing choices after the experiment , this can be useful to my study. Also the introduction can help support my research.

This article describes the change in negative drinking consequences in college when students are exposed to different interventions. It discusses a study performed on different college students over a 6-year period. Then it presents the results obtained. The latter show that the negative consequences decrease with time due to the social norms applied. However, this research contradicts most of the studies in this field.

This article studies the effect of different factors on the academic performance of freshmen college students. It presents different studies performed on these students. The studies' results reflect the extent to which each factor affects students' GPAs. However, It shows that drinking is not a significant predictor of achievement. This research clearly provides shocking results, probably because it is limited to a small population of freshmen students enrolled at a private university.

The investigation by the attorney general appears to be focused on the adequacy of disclosure of policy terms and costs to students.