STUDENT ORIENTATION TOWARD COLLEGE WAS STUDIED BY ADMINISTERING A UNIFORM BATTERY OF TESTS AND QUESTIONNAIRES, INCLUDING THE CLARK AND TROW ROLE ORIENTATION INSTRUMENT (RO), TO 1,988 ENTERING FRESHMEN AT 13 SMALL COLLEGES. IN THE SPRING, 25 PERCENT OF THESE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN MOST OF THE SAME BATTERY. STUDENTS WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR TYPES ON…

CHARACTERISTICS OF 527 STUDENTS IN TWO JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE ANALYZED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RELATE THEIR LEVELS OF COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY (UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGE, JUNIOR COLLEGE, OR JUNIOR COLLEGE PROBATION) TO THEIR CONCEPTS OF AN IDEAL COLLEGE, THEIR INTELLECTUAL DISPOSITIONS, THEIR CREATIVE INCLINATIONS, AND THEIR HIGH-SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES.…

Research supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant No. MH14780-04. Findings were presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, April, 1968.