
Wagner was interviewed on Thursday, December 6th for a local radio news station, and the story is making its way around internet news outlets.
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![]() MSU has sent out a press release on Suzanne Evans Wagner's work on age grading in late adolescence. The release, titled "Adolescents under pressure to speak 'properly'" reports on Wagner's finding that high schoolers who plan to attend nationally-oriented colleges (as opposed to regional or local colleges) start adjusting their speech in a more standard direction before graduation. This finding holds even when speakers' social class is controlled for. Wagner was interviewed on Thursday, December 6th for a local radio news station, and the story is making its way around internet news outlets. The second half of fall semester 2012 has been fun and busy. Here are some of the highlights:
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