The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1988.

Autor/inn/en	Astin, Alexander W.; und weitere
Institution	Higher Education Research Inst., Inc., Los Angeles, CA.; American Council on Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1988.
Quelle	(1988), (245 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; College Freshmen; College Students; Full Time Students; Higher Education; National Norms; National Surveys; Student Characteristics; Student College Relationship; Student Educational Objectives; Values + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Collegestudent; Vollzeitstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wertbegriff
Abstract	The 23rd annual report of national normative data on the characteristics of students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen is presented. This project of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program of the American Council on Education and the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, assesses the effects of college on students. Information is provided on the American freshman (national norms for fall 1988) and the 1988 national norms (type of institutions and control for men, women, and all freshmen). The major stratifying factors are institutional race, control, type, and the selectivity level of the institution. Survey results include: freshman participation in all major federal financial aid programs continues to decline; the 18-year rise in freshman interest in business majors may have peaked; there is a modest increase in the proportion of students planning to pursue nursing careers; there is rising interest in teaching careers; and 72.6% say concerns about jobs and money are reasons why they attend college. Seven appendices show: research methodology; 1988 student information form; coding scheme for collapsed items; participating institutions; precision of the normative data and their comparisons; sample report furnished to campuses; and some comments on comparing certain survey results from various versions of the norms report. Two summary reports are also attached. Along with 4 tables and 13 figures, the report contains 12 references. (SM)
Anmerkungen	Higher Education Research Institute, Graduate School of Education, 320 Moore Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1521 ($17.00 prepaid).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC