Student Characteristics [microform] : Personality and Dropout Propensity / Arthur M. Cohen and Florence B. Brawer
- Bib ID:
- 5207710
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Cohen, Arthur M
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED038130
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1970
- 69 p.
- Summary:
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A compilation of selected research on students in higher education is presented along with a review of two studies on personality and demographic characteristics of junior college students. The personality study was designed to identify potential dropouts, and the demographic study was used to measure heterogeneity and homogeneity among junior college students. These two studies were conducted with 259 freshmen entering a junior college. They were asked to fill out a 34-item questionnaire eliciting demographic information and were rated on the Adaptive- Flexibility Inventory, which is an instrument designed to evaluate ego-functioning in adult populations. Further, they were given the Omnibus Personality Inventory to determine their personal characteristics and values. General findings of the two studies emphasize (1) the importance of family environment in determining student persistence and (2) the length of exposure to higher education as being conducive to personality change. No significant differences were found between dropouts and persistors on several selected measures. The appendix includes the questionnaire that was used in the research. (RC)
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- Availability: American Association of Junior Colleges, One Dupont Circle, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 ($2.00).
- Educational level discussed: Two Year Colleges.
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- 1970
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