College Barometer (Survey of Students, Winter Semester 1973/74)

Representative survey among students at scientific colleges and
universities for applied science in the Federal Republic.

The following topic complexes were dealt with:
1. General studies data,
2. Studies and college in the judgement of the students,
3. Attitudes to college policies and politics in general,
4. Financing studies and housing situation.

Topics: 1. Type of personal entitlement to university admission;
existence of a curriculum as well as an intermediate examination; hours
per week per semester registered; degrees sought; reasons for
lengthening one´s own study time; personal impact of restricted
admission and change of original study desire; personal interim course
of study and change of college; personal studies abroad; reasons for
change of subject; help in deciding on the choice of subject.

2. Judgement on study advice; general judgement on the situation at
the colleges and expectations of studies (scale); contact with
instructors; weekly study time, organized according to courses, library
work, study-groups, coach and homework.

3. Means of college political activities preferred, conducted or
classed as effective; attitude to fixed mandate for students
representative; general judgement on college political groups, parties
and organs of the university; attitude to a college reform;
participation in elections at the university; personal candidacy for
the student parlament and membership in college committees or college
groups; extent to which informed about the general outline of a law
providing guidelines for universities; personal attitude to college
reform (scale); attitude to radicals in the civil service; judgement on
the educational goals and functions of the college; political interest;
party preference; judgement on the job of the Federal Government and
opposition (scale); desired image of the Federal Republic (semantic
differential).

4. Sources of income and financial support for studies received
(student aid); attitude to support for loans; preferred form of
housing; housing situation and monthly rent costs; number of siblings
in training or education degrees of siblings.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; number of children; school
education; vocational training; income; composition of household;
self-assessment of social class; city size; state.

Interviewer rating: interest and willingness of respondent to
cooperate.

Also encoded was: city code.