A Four-Phase Study of Value Homophily, Friendship, Social Participation, and College Dropouts
In a four-phase study extending from Fall, 1964, to Spring, 1965, three hypotheses are tested on a Catholic population in a Catholic university. The hypotheses, derived from a system model, predict that dropouts can he differentiated from non-dropouts by value orientations, social participation patt...
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| Language: | English |
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1966
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1966, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-26 |
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| Summary: | In a four-phase study extending from Fall, 1964, to Spring, 1965, three hypotheses are tested on a Catholic population in a Catholic university. The hypotheses, derived from a system model, predict that dropouts can he differentiated from non-dropouts by value orientations, social participation patterns, and friendship patterns. The data tend to confirm the hypotheses. The general conclusion is that as Catholic students become more people-oriented in the university complex, they tend to drop out of the Catholic university. The question is then raised as to the impact such a trend might have on the Catholic university's commitment to transmit its cultural heritage. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709820 |