Perceptions of the University Climate Among Students in Different Academic Majors at Two Colleges of Arts and Sciences.

Pascarella, Ernest T.

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ERIC Number: EJ139595

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Publication Date: 1976

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Perceptions of the University Climate Among Students in Different Academic Majors at Two Colleges of Arts and Sciences

Pascarella, Ernest T.

Research in Higher Education, 4, 2, 165-76, 76

Humanities majors at one of two institutions studied rated the institutional climate significantly higher on an Aestheticism/Idealism factor than their peers in the social sciences. Social science majors at both universities rated the climate of their institution significantly higher on a Bureaucracy factor than either humanities or natural science majors. (Editor/JT)

Descriptors: Bureaucracy, College Environment, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Humanities, Majors (Students), Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Student Attitudes

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