Attitudes to College and Politics 1969

Learning conditions and political as well as college political
consciousness of students at the University of Cologne.

Topics: Evaluation of study conditions at the Cologne university;
weekly study time; interest in college politics; preference for
political college groups and attitude to the SDS, APO, DKP and ADF;
attitude to political positions of professors; attitude to student
parlament and the political mandate of the student representative;
attitude to study reform and to a greater regimentation of studies;
attitude to protest actions; judgement on the effectiveness of APO
actions on the political situation of the FRG; attitude to the use of
force at political conflicts; election participation and behavior at
the polls in the last election to the student parlament; political
self-assessment and political world view; assessment of the political
attitude of the majority of students; personal party preference and
that of parents; sympathy scale for CDU, SPD, FDP, NPD and DFU;
attitude to the emergency laws, prohibition of the NPD, recognition of
the GDR, the Vietnam war, invasion of the CSSR by the USSR, Che Guevara
and the Middle East Conflict; attitude to disciplining students by the
college and through government sanctions; political and scientific
college autonomy; attitude to political privileges for students,
technical and scientific progress, the economic miracle and consumer
fetishism; perceived influence of organizations and special interest
organizations on German politics; satisfaction with the policies of
Federal Chancellor Kiesinger; attitude to parliamentary democracy,
parliamentarians and to a change in voting law; personal election
campaign activities in the Federal Parliament election 1969; media
usage; social origins; occupational goal; characterization of desired
occupation; relation with parents and their political activities;
subjects and degree sought; housing situation; religiousness.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination.