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By hnda Ditirick
The average UNL student is lonelier, more religious and
more politically conservative than other university
students according to a report on undergraduate educa
tion compiled by 12 UNL administrators and faculty
members.
The academic plsnnlag committee produced the ;
student profile included in a report Vol 1, The Campus
Report, often called the quality report.
The report stated .that although UNL students scored
above average marks of loneliness, UNL freshmen "parti
cipate or claim to participate in more student orgsrJza
tions and activities than the avenge American college
student.
Chiming the UNL student is "slightly more religious'
than the national average, the report said students are
from "predominately rural homes having close family
ties.
Some 90 per cent of UNL freshmen ranked in the
upper 50 per cent of their high school graduating classes
end scored about the national average on the American
College Test, a college entrance exam.
The report listed no further entrance exam com
parisons. Drop-outs
Some 52 per cent of UNL students drop out of college
while the national drop-out average is 50 per cent, the
report said.
A study conducted by the teaching and learning center
concluded students drop out because of social ana emot
ional stress rather than because of academic or financial
problems.
The center devised a program to help students cope
with stress and 80 per cent of those participating
completed two more years at NU, the report said.
' Members of the Academic Harming Committee which
compiled the report included Chairman David Fowler,
vice director of the School of Music and Adam Brecken
ridge, chancellor of Academic Affairs.
The data on loneliness came from research conducted
within NUs Human Development and Family Dept.,
according to Shirley Seever, Human Development and
Family instructor.
Seever studied loneliness among college students s her
masters thesis which she completed in 1972. Her con
clusions were based upon the 345 questionnaires UNL
students returned in November, 1971, she said.
The questionnaires, a "measure of the student's per
ceptions of their own loneliiless," asked if the student
felt lonely in particular situations and if the student often
felt lonely, Seever said.
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other people in her department conducted research on
loneliness in other age groups and she knew research
comparisons were being made.
She said the research was part of a project initiated by
John Woodward, associate dean of the College of Home
Economics. Woodward could not be reached for
comment. v .
The report said UNL students'do not expect to be
satisfied with their college experisnce," and "they do not
view themselves as being as confident academically and
intellectually as a typical college student."
No explanation was given for these statements.
UNL students were listed above average in their
requests for assistance in making educational and
vocational plans. Students criticized the quality of advis
ing, listing such complaints as "advisors don't care about
their students," and "advisors have too many advisees to
db the job well.
The data in the report showed that students had very
limited contact with advisors during the students first
semester on campus.
Objectives of the quality report -were to provide NU
officials, staff and Nebraska legislators with a four-year
plan for improving undergraduate education.
In a section about the Counseling Center, the report
said "almost any criterion which is used would indicate
that we (NU) are currently understaffed by at least two
positions. "
The report noted that workshops conducted by the
center to improve faculty advisement demonstrated
'tangible steps" can be taken to help improve advising
practices.
The workshops would be more effective if granted
$1,500 for supplies and if faculty members are provided
with "stipends for participation, the report said.
The report was distributed to members of the Legisla
tive Appropriations Committee during NU budget
hearings.
Tour registration
for winter flights
starts in summer
UNL students have the opportunity to earn college
credit overseas in 21 Flight and Study Tour classes next
winter. .
A passenger flight chartered yearly by the UNL
Student Flights and Study Tours office will enable stu
dents to travel to such countries as Spain, France, Ger
many, Peru, Scandinavia and Israel. Courses are being
offered in modern languages, drama, English, journalism,
architecture and anthropology.
Cost for the tours varies with the classes, ranging from
$600 to $800, including airfare, according to Evelyn
Jacobsen, assistant coordinator of the program. A down
payment of $100 is required on the $354 airfare at time
of registration. If a tour is cancelled because of lack of
response, the $100 will be refunded, she said.
Registration for the study tours will begin this summer,
Jacobsen said. Students in classes will travel as a group,
and persons not in classes but wishing to make the trip
may make reservations Aug. 29. These persons must find
their own transportation and lodgings while overseas,
she said.
Classes are limited to 10 students, she said, but there
may be cancellations.
The UNL charter leaves Lincoln Dec. 27 for London
and Zurich and returns Jan. 14 from Paris and London.
Persons may register for the Flights and Study Tours
in Nebraska Union 345.
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