January 30, 2009
Freshmen's Views: Politics, Admissions, and Marijuana
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 in 2008, up from a record low of 28
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