Carnegie Commission National Survey of Higher Education: Graduate Study, 1969 (ICPSR 7502)

Published: Feb 16, 1992

Principal Investigator(s):
Martin, et al. Trow

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07502.v1

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Project Description

Summary

This study presents data obtained from American graduate students on their social and educational backgrounds, as well as their degree and career plans. Questions probed the respondents' opinions on their institutions and departments, educational policy in general, and broad social and political issues. The 32,963 respondents were weighted to 1,005,834. Demographic variables cover age, sex, race, religion, family income, citizenship, and parents' levels of education and occupations.

Citation

Trow, Martin. Carnegie Commission National Survey of Higher Education: Graduate Study, 1969. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07502.v1

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Funding

Carnegie Commission on Higher Education

Subject Terms

academic degrees career goals education educational policy graduate schools graduate students higher education political attitudes student behavior student protests teaching (occupation) universities United States

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1969

Methodology

Sample

The higher education institutions were selected by the American Council on Education using the stratified probability method. The institutions sample was representative of all types of American colleges and universities, two- and four-year, public and private. The units were stratified by institutional type, enrollment, and per-student expenditure. Finally, the respondents to this study were drawn through random sampling from the fall lists of graduate students at the selected institutions.

Universe

Graduate students at American institutions of higher education.

Data Source

mailback questionnaires

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1984-05-03

Version Date

1992-02-16

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
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