CITY COLLEGE— At 7:30 in the morning City College of New York sophomore Nina Morales has her psychology textbook on her lap while riding the PATH train into Manhattan. Around her, commuters scrolled through phones or stared out the windows. Morales highlighted notes before her first class of the day.
“For me, studying happens whenever I can do it,” she said. “On the train, during lunch, even waiting for class to start.” The National survey of student engagement found that first year college students spend about 13 hours weekly studying outside class, often spread across shorter periods throughout the day.
For many college students in New York City, studying is no longer limited to libraries or at home on their desks. Instead, students say they squeeze schoolwork into the gaps between jobs, commutes, family responsibilities and campus life.
