Who you callin' a slacker?

About 11 percent of undergraduates are nerds. \nThat is, according to the latest National Survey of Student Engagement (a study based at IU), 11 percent of undergraduates actually study 25 hours per week prepping for classes, as recommended by their professors. While their slacker counterparts, about 44 percent of undergraduates, spend 10 hours or less hitting the books.\nThis year's findings also show seniors are happy with "helpful, considerate and flexible" administrators, had more serious dialogue about world issues and participated in service learning more often.\nAnd despite the lack of library time, students are making the grades. About 40 percent said they're earning mostly A's and about 41 percent said they were bringing home mostly B's.\nSo when it comes to this studying business, we're trying to figure out whether students are giving too little or professors are asking too much. \nSome of us said professors aren't very understanding when it comes to taking into account undergrads' busy schedules. Others argued that maybe we're all just a little lazy -- too convinced that we're paying for good grades and not for challenging classes.\nWhatever the case, there are more "engagement" questions than a 15 minute survey can cover. A generation can't be summed up in a short survey. So what does this survey say about college students today? We say, not much.\nAll that stuff about nerds and slackers -- we were kidding. But we are serious about one thing. We're concerned that the report's findings spark unreasonable generalizations that could affect the way our colleges and universities cater to us.