The authors examined the degree to which 1st-year college students endorse a career calling and how levels of calling differ across demographic variables and religiousness, life meaning, and life satisfaction. Forty-four percent of students believed that having a career calling was mostly or totally true of them, and 28% responded to searching for…

The current study explored the relationship of the presence of, and search for, a calling to the career development of 3091 first year college students. The presence of a calling correlated positively with decidedness, comfort, self clarity and choice-work salience and correlated negatively with indecisiveness and lack of educational information.…

This study examined the variables incoming first-year college students believed were most important to their long-term career choice. A sample of 31,731 students were surveyed from 1995 to 2004, and results revealed that men placed a greater emphasis on making money, women placed a greater emphasis on working with people and contributing to…

The present study had as its purpose to determine incoming freshmen expectations of the University of Maryland. Two models of the College and University Environment Scales (CUES) were utilized in the study, and the data were analyzed to determine the relationship between CUES I and CUES II results, between 1969 and 1971 freshmen perceptions, and…

A sample of 3,570 first-year college students were surveyed regarding the factors they deemed most important to their long-term career choice. Students as a whole identified intrinsic interest, high salary, contributions to society, and prestige as their 4 most important work values. Additional analyses found men more likely to espouse extrinsic…

Assessed were the attitudes toward children of 246 college freshmen. A shortened version of the Situational Attitude Scale-Adults/Children (SAS-A/C) was used to obtain indications of subjects' attitudes toward five hypothetical situations representing levels of social distance. The situations were: (1) having a person as a houseguest for a week;…

Expectations about counseling has been shown to be an important determinant of the effectiveness of counseling. The relationship between counseling expectations and interest in seeking counseling was explored in 450 incoming college students as part of their freshman orientation program. Subjects completed one of three versions of the Expectations…

An anonymous poll of 768 students completed just prior to the 1972 presidential election showed that 81 percent intended to vote, and of those, 65 percent were for McGovern. There was not direct campaign participation by large numbers of students. (Author/EK)

About 4,000 new freshmen entered the College Park Campus of the University of Maryland in fall 1973. They had average SAT scores of approximately 493 verbal and 531 math and more than half ranked in the top 25% of their high school graduating classes. About 15% were black, 2% oriental, 2% spanish surnamed, and 1% native American. As part of the…

This document presents a profile of the 4,806 new freshmen entering the College Park campus of the University of Maryland in fall 1972. They had mean SAT scores of approximately 493 Verbal and 531 Math and more than half ranked in the top 25% of their high school graduating classes. About 10% were black, 1% Oriental, 1% Spanish surname and 1%…

Examined differences in computer attitudes by gender and Holland type in 289 college freshmen who completed the Computer Attitude Scale. Found that women and students classified as Artistic and Enterprising in general demonstrated less positive computer attitudes that did males and other Holland types. (NB)

This study provides some evidence that individuals may find the Self Directed Search differentially satisfactory in vocational counseling. (Author)

Survey data from 2,925 incoming college freshmen at a state university reveals that nearly 40% of the participants reported that they might like to have a lesbian or gay friend, despite anticipations of discomfort. Perceived barriers were significantly related gender, diversity orientation, shyness, and religious commitment. (Contains 24…

New freshmen living in dorms during the academic year 1971-72 were compared on several dimensions, depending on the type of dorm in which they lived, in three ways: (1) coed students vs. students in all male or all females dorms; (2) students in high-rise dorms vs. those in low-rise dorms; and (3) students in unlimited visitation hours dorms vs.…

An anonymous religious poll and the Situational Attitude Scale (SAS) were administered to 168 white University of Maryland entering freshmen. The anonymous poll consisted of 29 items pertaining to religious activities, beliefs, and issues. The SAS is an instrument designed to measure attitudes of whites toward blacks in 10 situations. The results…