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Houghton College seniors were compared with seniors from other protestant 4-year colleges and private 4-year colleges. Below are listed selected areas in which Houghton College seniors differ from students in both the other categories.
The full report is available on an Excel spreadsheet. If you wish read
the entire report, e-mail
wbeardsley@houghton.edu
for a copy.
(HC N=88, Protestant 4-yr. N=6,489, Private 4-yr. N=4,675)
More likely to have tutored another student
More likely to have been a guest in a professor's home
More likely to have played an intramural sport
Less likely to have worked on an Independent Study
More likely to have dined with someone from a different ethnic group
More likely to have spent more than 15 hours doing homework each week
Less likely to have spent more than 10 hours working for pay each week
Less likely to have spent more than 1 hour partying each week
Less likely to have drunk an alcoholic beverage during the year
Students Reporting Much Stronger Abilities and Skills in 1996
Better knowledge of different races/cultures
More firm religious beliefs and convicitions
Better problem solving skills
Better knowledge of a particlular field
More likely to report artistic ability
Less likely to report a high degree of competiveness
Less likely to report a drive to achieve
Less likely to report self-confidence in social settings
More satisfied with:
Overall quality of instruction
Laboratory facilities and equipment
Academic tutoring and assistance
Career counseling and advising
Student housing
Recreational facilities
Less satisfied with:
Library facilities
Computer facilities
Opportunities for community service
Ethnic diversity of the faculty
More likely to desire:
To help others in difficulty
To develop a philosophy of life
Less likely to desire:
Becoming authority in own field
Having administrative responsibility
Being well off financially
Being successful in own business
Becoming a community leader
More likely to believe:
Homosexual relations should be prohibited
School officials should clear student publications
Racist/sexist speech should be prohibited
Less likely to believe:
Abortion should be legal
Sex is okay if people like each other
Marijuana should be legalized
College education raises earning power
National health plan is needed
Supplemental Questions - Houghton College Results
During the past year I have:
Maintained daily, personal devotions 92%
Shared my faith with another person 84%
Studied the Bible or prayed in a small group 72%
The way I do things from day to day is often affected 94%
by my relationship with God.
Even if people around me were opposed to my Christian 100%
convictions, I would still hold fast to them.
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