Report based on data from a study among 3,757 students attending 18 institutions. Students who have chosen banking, dentistry, music and government service were found to be more conservative whereas the liberal attitudes were found among those planning on journalism, social work, law, and agriculture. The attitudes most favorable toward the college attended were found among students choosing such vocations as ministry, banking, teaching, and social service. The least favorable attitudes were indicated by the groups choosing aviation, agriculture, journalism, and music. It is possible that these unfavorable attitudes may be due in part to the inability of these 18 institutions to meet adequately the needs of students planning to enter aviation, agriculture, journalism, and music.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28970
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17 pages., Author's career experiences with particular focus on the relationship between a rural background and an academic career. Shortened adaptation was published in Zachary Michael Jack (ed.), Black earth and ivory tower: new American essays from farm and classroom. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, pages 259-264. 2005.
