A bunch of drunks at CSC?
Survey says: CSC students don't stack up well, have lower self-esteem and drink more than the average student nationally
Dawson Raspuzzi
Issue date: 4/11/07 Section: News
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Castleton State College students have less self-confidence and a lower ambition for success than average students across the nation. One statistic, however, that isn't lower among incoming CSC students: drinking.
The college recently released results of the 2006 Cooperative Institutional Research Program - a survey that all incoming freshmen took during fall registration.
The survey asks questions about educational and social skills and aspirations, along with questions about family, political views, and self-confidence.
According to Kelley Gilmour, who oversaw CIRP process, the survey is designed to "provide Castleton with a detailed profile of the freshmen class, including their expectations about their first year at Castleton."
The results break down the answers between males and females, and also shows them in comparison to students from other national four-year colleges with a similar enrollment as CSC, and to all national four-year colleges.
The results show a reason for concern when compared to answers on the national level.
They detail how CSC students have lower self-esteem, show a lower drive to achieve and participate in community involvement, and have fewer high school academic achievements than students nationally. This year's freshmen class also has a greater percentage of students who drank alcohol than national averages and they spent more hours each week partying while in high school. There is also a higher percentage of students at CSC who want to play varsity sports than nationally.
The breakdown between males and females is quite different as well. Where females were more academically successful in high school, expect to be happier at CSC and plan to be more involved in school activities, males have parents that have higher education levels, and consider their computer skills greater.
The CIRP results show that CSC was the first choice for 66 percent of 2006 incoming students (split evenly between males and females), but only 29 percent of males and 43 percent of females believe they will be satisfied here.
Academic Dean Joe Mark said that the results concern him, but he said he does not think that they are as big of a problem as they may appear to be on paper.
"Many of the students that come to Castleton haven't discovered their own potential. The way you think of yourself goes hand in hand with your performance," Mark said.
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Tammy Lattuca
posted 4/16/07 @ 10:39 AM EST
To whom it may concern:
Although the article about the survey results is very informative, I think the choice of putting it on the front page with the title "A bunch of drunks at CSC?" was very ill timed. (Continued…)
Jeremy
posted 4/21/07 @ 7:59 PM EST
As a Castleton student I found this article sad. As mentioned in other comments the picture and title made the college look horrible. You are able to find the "follow up" articles, but they have small titles and are hidden within the paper. (Continued…)
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