The purpose of this research is to investigate awareness, intentions/support, and the contextual elements among higher education students in the University of Tehran (UT) in order to find the gap(s) in social entrepreneurship education in Iran. The authors used Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour as the theoretical framework. The research…

This research study investigated the personal hopes and aspirations, personal worries and fears of black students in a predominantly black college in the South. It also determined their attitudes toward the social problems of their respective backgrounds. A sample of 220 students from a student population of 2000 answered a questionnaire…

Globalization is one of those words being used every day, although the majority of the common people hardly know its true meaning. Globalization is a term formed and promoted by economists and ecologists, both understanding the world as a unique and inseparable space. Globalization is a force reorganizing the world's economy, and the main…

During the summer and fall orientation of 1972, a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education was administered to incoming freshmen at the University of South Carolina (USC) and 527 other institutions of higher education. The resulting summary data on entering freshmen included information on the entering freshmen at USC and…

As part of an introductory sociology course students examined social problems from the three perspectives of common sense, journalism, and sociology. They explored these perspectives outside the classroom through various activities which included a questionnaire of their own common sense thoughts, interviews, and readings. (Author/DE)

This article presents an administrative tool for measuring the amount and nature of crime on campus on a routine basis in order to facilitate appropriate staff assignments and planning for new buildings, orientation programs, and outreach counseling. (Author)

Changes in characteristics, personal goals, and political and social attitudes that took place between the freshman and senior years for a sample of undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are analyzed. This was a period when freshmen were becoming more materialistic and less politically liberal. (MLW)