A newspaper article that refers to various research projects which demonstrate the cognitive advantages and benefits of being raised bilingually as contrasted with monolinguals.
An article in the NY times on the linguistic abilities of Americans and how the census questions might give a false impression of the linguistic abilities of Americans.
This links to the abstract of an article by Michael Marland on the transition from school to university. You (or your school) needs to have a subscription to the journal by Sage in order to access the full article.