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The Impact Of The Introductory Year Program At The College Of Pacific On Students' Intellectual Orientation, Michael Charles Bouchard
The Impact Of The Introductory Year Program At The College Of Pacific On Students' Intellectual Orientation, Michael Charles Bouchard
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The Problem: Little empirical data exist on the effects of the college experience. The Introductory Year Program at the College of the Pacific is based on the assumption that student development within the freshman year is of vital importance. This study investigated the differential effectiveness of the Program in terms of individual student expectancies, characteristics, and growth in intellectual disposition.
PROCEDURES: Initial data were collected from entering freshmen as a part of the Orientation Program. Scores on the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) were trichotomized into high, middle and low Intellectual Disposition Categories (IDC's). Student subculture orientations. (Academic, Vocational, Collegiate, or …