Abstract:In the past decade educators have become increasingly aware of the differences among junior, residential, rural, urban, Protestant, and Catholic colleges and universities. Accompanying this awareness has been an increased interest in studying environmental pressures that may have a positive or negative influence on the academic performance of the student body. Much of the research conducted in the area was not directed as much toward identifying or producing more refined classifications as toward exploring new… Show more
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