ATTITUDE-CHANGE IN COLLEGE-STUDENTS - EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF COLLEGEPEER GROUPS AND FACULTY NORMATIVE GROUPS

This study uses longitudinal student data as well as data from a surve y of faculty at the same institutions to explore the relative influenc e of student peer groups and faculty reference groups on student socio political attitudes. The results are consistent with earlier work indi cating that peer norms are more instrumental than faculty norms in inf luencing student attitudes.