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The following conclusions are from a recent article written by Mary Beth Marklein in USA Today. The results are from an annual survey conducted by UCLA’s Cooperative Institutional Research Program headed by the program’s director, Dr. John Pryor.
The study, conducted last fall, was based on the responses of nearly 204,000 first-time, full–time college students at 270 colleges and universities. The annual study was first conducted 45 years ago in 1966. As one can imagine, over the past several decades since the early years of this study, the behavior and attitudes of college students have fluctuated depending on the issue at hand.
For this current year’s freshmen, “getting a better job” was their top reason for going to college. This was followed by a desire to “learn more about things that interest them.” This reason dropped to number two as the primary cause for students pursuing the path of higher education after a decade in the top spot.
The study also demonstrated that the amount of time students spent partying had decreased as well. Pollsters found that:
What is interesting is when you contrast these numbers with the following:
