Do Liberal Arts Colleges Make Students More Liberal? Some Initial Evidence

Autor/inn/en	Hanson, Jana M.; Weeden, Dustin D.; Pascarella, Ernest T.; Blaich, Charles
Titel	Do Liberal Arts Colleges Make Students More Liberal? Some Initial Evidence
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 64 (2012) 3, S.355-369 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-011-9498-8
Schlagwörter	College Students; Political Attitudes; Ideology; Liberal Arts; Colleges; Institutional Characteristics; College Attendance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ideologie; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Colleges; Attendance; Anwesenheit
Abstract	The effect of attending college on students' political ideology has been a controversial topic for many decades. In this study, we explored the relationship between attending a liberal arts college and students' political views. Compared to their counterparts at other 4-year institutions, liberal arts college students began postsecondary education with more liberal political views, but also made great changes toward liberal political views over 4 years of college. These greater gains persisted even in the presence of important confounding influences such as pre-college political views. In addition, our analyses suggested a global effect of attendance at a liberal arts college on the development of liberal political views. Attempts to explain the causal mechanisms underlying this apparent institutional influence were only partially successful. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10