Students' Political Awareness Hits Highest Level in a Decade

Survey of freshmen shows a continuing shift to the right and middle

Tables and charts: This Year's Freshmen at 4-Year Colleges: a Statistical Profile

Article: Student Groups Aim to Tap Interest in PoliticsBy JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Political awareness among entering college students rose for the third year in a row, to the highest level since 1994, according to a key measure of freshman attitudes.

In a survey of 276,449 first-year students at 413 colleges and universities,

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