INTERVENTIONS Relieving Achievement Pressure.

The article discusses how competitiveness is negatively impacting college students in their attempt to excel. Piaget's theory of cognitive development shows that some students simply are not ready to deal with the demands of college-level courses as teenagers. It adds that counselors on both sides of the desk agree that increased competition to attend the nation's most selective colleges and universities is re-designing the adolescent experience for college-bound youths.