This is the report from a national sample of institutions for basic facts on campus unrest during the last academic year. (Editor/HS)

The specific goal of this study was two-fold: to determine those characteristics of the entering freshman that predict his participation in campus demonstrations and to investigate the relation between participation in protest as a freshman and attitude changes during the first year of college. (Author)

In May of 1972 the Higher Education Panel (HEP) of the American Council on Education conducted a survey of colleges and universities across the U.S. to determine the type and amount of campus disruption caused by the April 1972 increased bombing effort in North Vietnam by the U.S. It was found that: (1) an estimated 27% of the colleges and…

Student protests during 1968 and 1969 were most prevalent at large universities, non-sectarian, 4-year colleges, and institutions that accept only students with high average ability and achievement levels. These and other institutional characteristics were found to be linked with campus unrest in a survey of a national sample of 427 institutions.…

At the end of the 1968-1969 academic year, a survey was undertaken to determine the nature and extent of campus protests, how their frequency and types vary, how institutional responses to them differ, what institutional policies and practices have been changed because of them, and other related matters. The survey instrument was a questionnaire…

The results suggest that the impersonal environments of the large universities may be inherently conducive to the development of disruptive protest, and particularly of protest that involves violence. Furthermore, the large institutions appear to be less responsive than smaller colleges to such protest. (Author)

As part of a continuing examination of aspects of campus unrest, background, purpose and data information of the protest activity occurring during the academic year 1969-1970 was collected and used to analyze protest behavior and response. By recording all events in a single protest, as well as participants in each event, in sequential order,…

This investigation was designed to determine the frequency and extent of student unrest during the 1968-1969 academic year and to identify possible causal factors. The sample consisted of 382 colleges and universities which responded to a questionnaire concerned with the incidence of protest, their mode, the issues involved, the immediate…

A national study of 82 college outcome measures on 25,000 students from 1985-89 looked at the relationship of outcomes, institutional environment (emphasis on institutional, student, or faculty diversity), and campus activism. Results suggest emphasis on diversity in all forms is beneficial to student development and also promotes student…

A review of national college student surveys since 1966 reveals that trends in student attitudes focusing more on material goals and less on social problems are beginning to reverse direction. There is growing evidence of increasing orientation toward social activism and protection of the environment. (Author/MSE)

This 34th annual report of national normative data on college freshmen is part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's (CIRP) longitudinal study to assess the effects of college on students. Data for this study is based on 261,217 entering students at 462 U.S. two- and four-year colleges and universities, and is statistically adjusted…