Panos, Robert J., et al. NATIONAL NORMS FOR ENTERING COLLEGE FRESHMEN, FALL 1967. ACE RESEARCH REPORTS. VOL. 2, NO. 7. American Council on Education, Washington, D.C. Office of Research. 1967. 139 p. (ED138211)

A total of 280,650 entering freshmen students at 359 colleges and universities participated in the fall 1967 survey conducted as part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program of the American Council on Education's Office of Research. The purposes of the longitudinal research program are to assess the impact of different types of college environments on students' development and to provide a source of information about the population of American college students. This report presents national normative data on students entering college as first-time, full-time freshmen in 1967 and comparative data on the characteristics of students entering different types of institutions and also according to geographic region. The characteristics considered range from academic aspirations and family background to personal opinions and high school dating patterns. An introduction is provided followed by data arranged in tables. (Author/MSE)