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Download full textFidler, Paul P.; Kossler, Gretchen – 1979
Demographic data, opinions, and projections reported by freshmen entering the University of South Carolina (USC) during fall 1978 are reported. A questionnaire developed by the American Council on Education was administered to 80 percent of the entering class as part of a continuing national study. The data are divided into the categories of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Females
Fidler, Paul P.; Bucy, Eileen McGinity – 1976
The 1975 Entering Freshmen Drug Survey was administered during alternate weeks at Summer Orientation to obtain a representative sample. A false drug (derbisol) was included in the questionnaire as a validity check. A total of 848 students (28 percent of the freshman class) was surveyed. The data indicated a stabilization of drug usage for most…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, College Freshmen, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction
Fidler, Paul P.; Spires, Steve – 1976
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, College Freshmen, Demography
Fidler, Paul P.; And Others – 1977
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…
Descriptors: Age, Aspiration, College Choice, College Freshmen
PDF pending restorationFidler, Paul P. – 1980
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,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Age, College Choice, College Freshmen
Fidler, Paul P.; Schnackenberg, Lucretia – 1978
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,…
Descriptors: Age, Cohort Analysis, College Choice, College Freshmen
