Quebec student crisis outcome impacts students' stress level, survey says

Many students were set back by the Quebec student protests last spring. Many post-secondary institutions implemented condensed semesters to make up for lost time.

Students who were most diligent about their studies were also the ones most affected by the Quebec student crisis, according to an internal survey conducted by the University of Sherbrooke.

Five thousand first-year students enrolled in the fall semester answered the survey last November.

Many students were forced to restart their spring semester in the fall because the student protests. Classes for the fall semester were set back and will continue in January to make up for lost time.

According to the survey, 72 per cent of students whose semesters were condensed feel stressed and overwhelmed with the workload. Most also said they considered dropping out of school.

Fifty-six per cent of those whose semesters were left unchanged said they shared the same sentiments.

Those with concentrated course loads were seemingly more engaged with their work.

Only 30 per cent said they had a tendency to procrastinate, compared to 68 per cent of students with regular course loads.

Nine per cent also admitted to skipping classes without a good excuse, compared with 16 per cent of regular students.

- CBC News