Academic and career plans and experiences of students in their freshman and senior years were compared. The 280 students first entered the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY/B) in the fall semester of 1976 and graduated in the spring of 1980. Students were administered the College Student Perceptions Survey and a followup survey, which…

This study tested the amount of value added to critical and communication skills by the university experience using a strategy that compared the skills of entering and graduating students at York University (Ontario). The study involved, first, identifying skills that might be improved over the course of a university education; second, developing…