Changes in students in relation to college environments

This study is organized as follows: first, students' attitudes to their college environments are measured, using a subjective scale; second, objective indices are calculated, using factual information such as size of college, qualifications of staff, etc.; third, the measured changes in students in variables such as academic achievement, educational attitudes, personality traits, values, practical teaching are related to the conditions of the environments in terms of the previous two scales (subjective and objective).The data analyzed relate to ten colleges of education. A complete sample (n=1,247) of the student intake was evaluated at the beginning and at the end of their three-year course.The two main predictors of change in students were found to be: (1) the college emphasis on science, and (2) the democratic structure of the college.