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Autor/inn/en | Astin, Alexander W.; und weitere |
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Institution | Higher Education Research Inst., Inc., Los Angeles, CA.; American Council on Education, Washington, DC. |
Titel | The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 1991. |
Quelle | (1991), (281 Seiten)
PDF als Volltext |
Beigaben | Tabellen |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
ISBN | 1-878477-10-2 |
Schlagwörter | Quantitative Daten; Attitude Change; College Freshmen; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Grades (Scholastic); Higher Education; Longitudinal Studies; National Norms; National Surveys; Political Issues; Secondary Education; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Student Educational Objectives; Student Interests; Trend Analysis Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Studienanfänger; Auswertung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Notenspiegel; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Politischer Faktor; Sekundarbereich; Schülerverhalten; Studieninteresse; Trendanalyse |
Abstract | This report presents national normative data on the major trends and characteristics of 1.6 million students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. The normative data are reported separately for men and for women and for 35 different institutional groupings. Among the findings are the following: (1) student interests in business continues to decline for the fourth straight year; (2) students are being affected by the current economic recession; (3) student interest in doctoral degrees reached an all-time high (12.5 percent), and interest in medical degrees, at 6.9 percent, reached its highest point since 1976; (3) students who frequently smoke cigarettes increased for the fourth straight year to 11.3 percent, after a decline of nearly 50 percent between 1966 and 1987; (4) the percentage of students who consider themselves "liberal" or "far left" increased for the second straight year (to 25.7 percent from 23.6 percent in 1989); (5) the percentage of freshmen with A or A+ high school grade point averages reached an all-time high (23.5 percent versus 12.5 percent in 1989); and (6) trends suggest that students are using alcohol and, until recently, cigarettes, much less than in the past. Appendices include the research methodology, the 1991 student information form, a list of institutions participating in the freshman survey, and the precision of the normative data and their comparisons. Appendixes make up half of the document; they present the research methodology, the 1991 Student Information Form, the coding scheme for collapsed items, a list of institutions participating in the freshman survey, an explanation of the precision of the normative data and their comparisons, and a sample of the report furnished to campuses participating in the 1991 Cooperative Institutional Research Program. (GLR) |
Anmerkungen | Higher Education Research Institute, Graduate School of Education, 320 Moore Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1521 ($20.00). |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |