Changes in student attitudes, beliefs, self-concepts, and behaviors are reviewed, and findings on their satisfaction with various aspects of the college environment are summarized. Also discussed are sex differences and patterns of student development and their implications for both governmental and institutional policy. (AF)

A study was conducted at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) to evaluate the college's effectiveness in developing students' self-confidence and sense of individual responsibility. Two paper-and-pencil instruments were selected for use in the study: the Self Concept Scale (SCS), which measured decision making, interpersonal relations,…

This analysis of how college affects students is based on the largest nationwide study of student development ever undertaken, a ten-year effort by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program of the American Council on Education and the University of California at Los Angeles. Using longitudinal data from over 200,000 students and 300…