The First Year of College: A Follow-up Normative Report

DOCUMENT RESUME --HE 001 503 Bayer, Alan E.; And Others The First Year of College: A Follow-Up Normative Report. American Council on Education, Washington, DEC. Office of Research. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. ACE-RR-Vol-5-No-1-1970 Feb 70 68p. Publications Division, American Council on Education, 1 Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. 20036 ($3.00) EDRS Price MP -$0.50 HC-$3.50 Academic Performance, *College Environment, *College Freshmen, Evaluation, T'ollowup Studies,. *Higher Education, *Student Attitudes, Students, *Surveys The American Council on Education in 1966 began a large scale annual survey of entering college freshmen. This report presents the results of the follow-up studies through normative reports and through individual institutional reports furnished to students and administrative representatives at participating colleges and universities. Thc., original sample used data from 206,865 entering freshmen from 251 institutions--29 junior colleges, 158 four-year colleges, and 64 universities. The follow-up sample in 1967 consisted of 60,017 students, of whom 58% returned the questionnaire. This report analyzes and presents the data contained in the questionnaires. The questions included information on (1) first -year performance and outcomes, including grade point average and educational status; (2) plans and aspirations both in the area of education and occupation; (3) freshman year experiences, such as financial support, residence, activities, and self rating on 21 traits; and (4) evaluation of the first year of college, including courses, the college environment, institutional discipline, and the college itself. The norms for the first year of college: 1966-1967, the 1967 follow-up norm and a sample follow-up report to cooperating institutions are included. (A17) AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION LOGAN WILSON, PRESIDENT THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, FOUNDED IN 1919, ;S A COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS. ITS PURPOSE IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL METHODS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE VOLUNTARY AND COOPERATIVE ACTION ON THE PART OF AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS. THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE OF RESEARCH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965 TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON QUESTIONS OF GENERAL CONCERN TO HIGHER EDUCATION. ACE RESEARCH REPORTS ARE DESIGNED TO EXPEDITE COMMUNICATION OF THE OFFICE'S RESEARCH FINDINGS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS. OFFICE OF RESEARCH ALEXANDER W. ASTIN DIRECTOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATES ALAN E. BAYER ROBERT F. BORUCH JOHN A. CREAGER DAVID E. DREW DATA PROCESSING STAFF JEFFRE DUTTON' PENNY EDGERT HELEN FRAZIER EUGENE HANKINSON JANICE PETERSON GERALD RICHARDSON CHARLES SELL SECRETARIES BARBARA BLANDFORD MARGO KING MARY MINNICK JEANNIE ROYER -MELVENA WIMBS RESEARCH ASSISTANTS CHRISTINE ASHLEY ANN S. BISCONTI JOAN TREXLER EDITORIAL STAFF LAURA KENT JUDITH TOLMACH ACE RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE NICHOLAS HOBBS, CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR, KENNEDY CENTER, PEABODY COLLEG.". PROVOST, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ALLAN M. CARTTER CHANCELLOR NEW YORK olft`1VE12547-e JOHN G. DARLEY CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT. OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF MINNES0N. L. GAGE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY STANFORD UNIVERSITY RICHARD C. GILMAN PRESIDENT OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE RALPH W. TYLER DIRECTOR EMERITUS CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES DAEL WOLFLE EXECUTIVE. OFFICE!? AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS RESEARCH REPORT (VOL.. 5, NO. 1. 1970) MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLICATIONS DIVPSION, AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, ONE DUPONT CIRCLE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036. PLEASE REMIT 13.00 PER COPY WITH YOUR ORDER. C THE FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE: A FOLLOW-UP NORMATIVE REPORT