GETTING THROUGH COLLEGE. Retired Marquette dean of advising Robert Neuman has trenchant observations.

College is a world very different from high school. College demands that students possess a solid, basic body of high school knowledge. They must also come equipped with the self-management skills to control the learning process.

And lastly, in college, there's no time to learn how to learn.

He's written a book, and maintains a weblog that's a candidate for College Avenue.

The money quote comes toward the end of the interview.

Much of everyday teen stress comes from being unprepared and disorganized, not having enough time, and not knowing how to handle problems. My strategies actually help relieve stress, giving teens ways to take control. Teenagers who don't learn these lessons now will become a part of the dismal statistics that universities know so well and that are becoming a topic of the national conversation. I have seen student stress firsthand in college. It's demoralizing for students and carries serious life consequences.

Indeed.