Weinbach, Lana J. A PROFILE OF FOREST PARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, FALL 1974. Saint Louis Junior Coll. District, Mo. Forest Park Community Coll. 1974. 34 p. (ED116761)

In fall 1974, Forest Park Community College (FPCC), a predominantly black, inner-city two-year college in St. Louis, Missouri, participated in the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, which is conducted annually to provide normative data on first-time freshmen students entering a national sample of colleges and universities. At FPCC, a total of 1,671 first-time freshmen completed the questionnaire, representing 83 percent of the first-time freshmen enrolled. A random sample of 1,515 returning students also completed the form. The first six tables presented here compare the characteristics of first-time freshmen at FPCC with those of the national norm for first-time freshmen at two-year public colleges. The remaining six tables compare the characteristics of first-time freshmen at FPCC with those of returning students at FPCC. Factors considered include (1) biographic and demographic data; (2) reasons for college choice, career goals, and educational goals; (3) income data and sources of financial support; (4) personal objectives and self-assessment; and (5) attitudes toward political issues, general issues, and college issues. (DC)