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Backgrounds and Beliefs of College Freshmen

August 12, 2020

For five decades, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles have surveyed the nation’s incoming freshmen to learn more about their backgrounds, views, and expectations. Use this interactive graphic to see how their attitudes and self-images have changed since the 1960s, as measured by UCLA’s Cooperative Institutional Research Program, part of the Higher Education Research Institute.

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For five decades, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles have surveyed the nation's incoming freshmen to learn more about their backgrounds, views, and expectations. Use this interactive graphic to see how their attitudes and self-images have changed since the 1960s, as measured by UCLA's Cooperative Institutional Research Program, part of the Higher Education Research Institute.

Questions regarding:

Administration and Business

Communications

Facilities and Property

Research and Other Education

Student Life

Technology

Tenured/Tenure-Track

Professor of Practice Ranks

Administrative Faculty

Other Non-Tenured Faculty

Research Faculty

Communications

Source: Cooperative Institutional Research Program, Higher Education Research Institute, U. of California at Los Angeles

Notes: Some questions have been slightly rephrased from the original survey for clarity in the context of this graphic. Regarding probable majors, we combined "Biological and Life Sciences" with "Physical Science" and called the grouping "Physical and Life Sciences."