Civil Liberties and the Experience of College [microform] / Arthur W. Chickering
- Bib ID:
- 5211261
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Chickering, Arthur W
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED042403
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1970
- 13 p.
- Summary:
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This report describes the results of a series of studies examining changing beliefs concerning civil liberties among students attending several small colleges which differed dramatically in student characteristics, institutional goals, climate, teaching practices, and student-faculty relationships. The findings indicated that: (1) there was a net change toward increased liberalism, but that change was greater for men, and varied in magnitude from college to college; (2) moderate conservatives tended to become more liberal; and (3) moderate liberals most frequently became more conservative, though at some colleges they became more liberal. Institutional characteristics that were positively associated with increasing liberalism were: (1) the proportion of peers holding liberal beliefs; (2) study motivated by interests, concerns, or anticipated future activities; (3) student-faculty contact; and (4) student demonstrations concerning administrative policies or non-college issues. Institutional characteristics negatively associated with such change were: (1) the proportion of peers holding conservative beliefs; (2) college and student emphasis on professional-vocational preparation and propriety; (3) teaching practices that employ lecturing in class and memorizing for class preparation; and (4) study motivated by finishing a requirement or getting a good grade. (AF)
- Notes:
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- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Mental Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Project on Student Development in Small Colleges, Plainfield, VT
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
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