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Rich, Harvey E. – Youth and Society, 1976
Examines the hypothesis that college has a substantial effect on political interest, awareness, and knowledge by comparing college students with a control group of noncollege cohorts. Finds that the effect of the passage of four years increases the awareness and knowledge of youth regardless of whether or not those years are spent in college.…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Cohort Analysis, College Students, Comparative Analysis