Influences on students' perceptions of their personal development during the first three years of college |
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| Authors: | Patrick T Terenzini Christos Theophilides Wendell G Lorang |
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| Institution: | (1) Office of Institutional Research, State University of New York at Albany, USA;(2) Ministry of Education, Cyprus |
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| Abstract: | This study sought to determine whether students' perceptions of their personal growth are related to their college experiences after controlling for their precollege characteristics, whether the amount of reported development varies over the first three years of college, and whether the influences on students' perceived personal development vary from one year to another. Results indicate that students' self-reported personal development is unattributable to their precollege traits and is remarkably constant from the freshman through junior years. Differences between men and women in reported growth are, however, evident. The sources of influence on reported growth vary over the three years; the only common influence is informal contact with faculty.An earlier version of this paper was presented to the annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto, May 1983. |
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