January 22, 2009

Freshmen's Views: Politics, Admissions, and Marijuana

By Eric Hoover

In a year of political change, college freshmen were more plugged into current events than they have been since 1968. A record proportion—35.6 percent—said they discussed politics frequently during the last year, according to the latest installment of a long-running survey of freshmen.

The percentage of students who said that keeping up with politics was an “essential” or “very important” goal increased to 39.5 percent, up from a record low of 28 percent in 2000.

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