Less Stress at the Semester's End

There is no question that many students experience pretty serious burnout by the end of the semester. It's easy for us to recognize it because we experience it ourselves. Even so, I have to admit I was surprised by the findings of a survey of one cohort of business majors.

A faculty researcher surveyed students with a modified version of a widely used measure of emotional exhaustion. He administered it during the last week of the semester to 196 business majors enrolled in three introductory a...