From Press Release:
This year s entering college freshmen exhibit record increases in commitments to social and civic responsibility, according to the results of UCLA s annual survey of the nation s entering undergraduates. Two out of three (66.3 percent) entering freshmen believe it is essential or very important to help others who are in difficulty, the highest this figure has been in the past 25 years, and an increase of 3.9 percentage points over last year (roughly 50,000 students nationally). The survey is part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Project (CIRP) conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.
The beliefs of entering freshmen also are reflected in their actions. An all-time high of 83.2 percent volunteered at least occasionally during their high school senior year and 70.6 percent typically volunteered on a weekly basis. Additionally, the survey revealed an all-time high in the percentage of students who believe there is a good or some chance that they will continue to volunteer in college, at 67.3 percent. Source: Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.
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