ABSTRACT
Reprinted from The Educational Record, Fall 1969, pp. 337-50 by permission of American Council on Education. Alan E. Bayer is Research Sociologist and Alexander Astin is Director of the Office of Research, American Council on Education. In the longitudinal study reported here, which Astin directed, the concern is with the college experiences of American youth, with particular emphasis on changing patterns of college social, political, and intellectual life.
