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Organized Student Protest and Institutional Functioning CUES IFI

Author(s):
Centra, John A.; Peterson, Richard E.
Publication Year:
1969
Report Number:
RB-69-77
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
21
Subject/Key Words:
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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