Dr. Hamilton suggested that students who get a blank check from their parents may not take their education as seriously as others. … The study is also discussed this week in Inside Higher Ed: … Before parents reading this article cancel those spring semester tuition checks and Facebook message their college-age kids to get jobs, there are two important caveats to the study. One is that …. Certainly, my apathetic students would benefit from more incentives to succeed. …

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College students post lower grades when parents pay more toward …