During the 1975 fall orientation, a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education (ACE) was administered to approximately 80 percent of the entering freshman class at the University of South Carolina (USC) in a study of class characteristics. A total of 366 other institutions of higher education, including 44 universities, also…

A profile of entering freshmen at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia campus, for fall 1980 is presented. Information was obtained from the responses of 2,166 students (approximately 65 percent of the freshmen class) to a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education. Comparisons are also made to national norms, based on…

During the 1976 summer and fall orientation programs, a questionnaire was administered to 2,190 students (75 percent) of the entering freshman class. The survey was part of the American Council on Education's Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The survey report presents a comparative analysis of the various demographic data, opinions, and…

A profile of freshmen at the University of South Carolina (USC) was drawn from a survey during the 1979 summer and fall orientation programs. Twelve areas of interest were taken from the results: age, racial background, average grade in high school, highest degree planned, reasons for selecting the college, parental income, probable college major,…

During the 1977 fall orientation a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education (ACE) was administered to about 75 percent of the entering freshman class at the University of South Carolina. The study was part of ACE's ongoing national study, part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. An analysis of the results is made,…