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Mental health, stress top reasons students leave college: Gallup

By Cassie Buchman

A Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2024 State of Higher Education Study conducted in the fall of last year found that 35% of 14,032 current and prospective students polled reported that they thought about leaving their program in the past six months. Of those students, 54% reported emotional stress and 43% reported mental health as the reason they wanted to drop out. Students getting their bachelor's degree were more likely to say they were pausing their studies because of emotional stress (67%) or personal mental health reasons (56%).

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Groceries costly for many Americans despite slowing inflation

By Nancy Loo

Grocery prices are up by over 1% compared to last year and by 25% since the pandemic. That means the average cost to feed a family of four is nearly $1,000 per month. Prices for housing, cars, insurance and other basics are also up.

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Which airlines have the oldest planes?

By Russell Falcon

Consumer finance outlet FinanceBuzz analyzed data from the civil aviation database Planespotters.net to determine which airlines currently have the oldest and newest planes. In addition to Planespotters data, we cross-referenced fleet age information from air traffic tracker/database Flightradar24. Using this data, FinanceBuzz found that United Airlines has the oldest planes on average, with the average age of its fleet being 19.4 years.

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Should police be in schools? Some districts changed their minds

By Jeff Arnold

After George Floyd's death in 2020 a number of school districts around the country pulled police out of schools. Since then several districts have brought them back, citing safety concerns. The debate continues, with opponents saying they overpolice.

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Feature of the Week: Over half of Latinas feel pressure to support family: Pew

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

A new Pew Research Center survey found 63 percent of Latinas in the U.S. feel pressure to support their family or to succeed at work. The survey found younger, college-educated Latinas born in the U.S. were the most likely to feel the need to succeed at work or in their careers. Younger Latinas born in the U.S. were also more likely to feel pressure to take care of their family, according to the survey.

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