PSY682 American College Student
This course provides an overview of the nature of the American college student population, trends in matriculation, demographic, economic, and social variables relating to matriculation and the impact that the college experience has on students. The characteristics of the contemporary American college student will be examined. Major topics will include an examination of the motivations for entering institutions of higher education, developmental theory related to college students, demographic data that describes the contemporary student, problems and challenges specific to the American concept of making higher education accessible to a large percentage of the population, ant the impact of contemporary economic and social trends on the college population.