Organized Student Protest and Institutional Functioning CUES IFI
- Author(s):
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Centra, John A.;
Peterson, Richard E.
- Publication Year:
- 1969
- Report Number:
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RB-69-77
- Source:
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ETS Research Bulletin
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 21
- Subject/Key Words:
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Activism,
College Environment,
College Students,
College and University Environment Scales (CUES),
Higher Education,
Institutional Functioning Inventory (IFI)
Abstract
In a sample of 50 colleges, relations between 11 institutional functioning dimensions and seven student protest scales were studied by means of zero order and multiple correlations. Student militancy arising from off-campus circumstances (e.g., the Vietnam war) proved to be more predictable than protest over campus conditions (e.g., dormitory rules). A general explanatory hypothesis for the findings is offered.
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