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Schroeder, Charles C. – AGB Priorities, 2000
This issue highlights the undergraduate experience and the increasingly important role of student affairs professionals in creating educational environments that enhance student success. It compares college students in the 1960s to today's students, noting that attitudes and behaviors of today's students are different from those of previous…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, College Students, Diversity (Student), Educational Environment
Porter, Oscar F. – United Negro College Fund Research Report, 1987
The characteristics and experiences of college freshmen who entered private black colleges in 1976 and 1985 were compared, based on data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's "The American Freshman: National Norms." Attention was focused on socioeconomic status (SES), academic preparation and confidence, reasons for…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Freshmen
Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 1982
Issues in Catholic higher education are considered in several articles. In "Catholic Students and Catholic Higher Education," Rita A. Scherrei summarizes research findings regarding the characteristics of incoming Catholic college students and how they compare with Jews and Traditional Protestants. Among the results are that Catholic…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Church Role

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