New Findings on the Effects of College. Current Issues in Higher Education, 1978.

Autor/inn/en	Solmon, Lewis C.; Ochsner, Nancy
Institution	American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	New Findings on the Effects of College. Current Issues in Higher Education, 1978.
Quelle	(1978), (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Attitude Change; College Freshmen; College Graduates; Followup Studies; Graduate Surveys; Higher Education; Individual Needs; Job Satisfaction; Leisure Time; Outcomes of Education; Political Attitudes; Quality of Life; Recreational Activities; Religion; Social Attitudes; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Studienanfänger; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Freizeit; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Lebensqualität; Freizeitgestaltung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The attitudes and behaviors of college graduates several years after graduation and the changes in their attitudes from their freshman year (1970) until the time of a followup survey (1977) were studied. The following areas were covered with the 9,000 respondents: life goals, religious preferences, how the college graduates spend their time, voting behavior and political attitudes, satisfaction with quality of leisure, and feelings about work and its relationship to other aspects of life. Among the findings are the following: life goals that reflect altruism and political interest declined most in importance, whereas business-related goals grew most in importance; men had more leisure time than women; professional majors had the least leisure time of all the majors; and the most popular leisure activities were spending time with family, engaging in hobbies, sports (for men), and reading. A strong positive association appeared between job satisfaction and satisfaction with leisure. Humanities graduates had the lowest job satisfaction and the lowest satisfaction with life in general. Shifts in political attitudes varied by field, and declines in religious preferences were greatest in the Christian religions. (SW)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01