Iowa prepares students to learn

Image:  For a significant number of students, the first year of higher education serves as a wake-up call about study habits. “Most students have not received any guidance on how to learn,” says Shaun Vecera, a University of Iowa professor of psychological and brain sciences and the director of the University Honors Program. “This lack of guidance affects students’ grades, their retention and their time to graduation, and these impacts are often more pronounced for first-generation and...