Organized Student Protest and Institutional Climate

Abstract

In recent years the image of American college students has seemed, at least in the eyes of the general public, to have changed. Considered silent and beat in the 1950's they are now widely regarded as outspoken and rebellious. Whether or not the current stereotype accurately describes today's college student, there is little doubt that a vocal number have made their presence acutely felt on many campuses as well as in the whole of American society. A comprehensive review of the dynamics of students dissent has recently been provided by Keniston (1967). Indications of the number and types of institutions that have experienced forms of discontent, and the extent to which their students are protesting, are contained in a recent study by Peterson (1966). Institutional characteristics such as type of institution, size, percentage of faculty with doctorates, region, percentage of body living on campus, and percentage of body belonging to student left organizations were examined against fact and incidence of organized protest between July 1-964 and June 1965 as reported by 849 deans of students responding in a survey of i,ooo four-year institutions. The deans were asked to report protest by issue; variations in relationship between institutional characteristic and protest issue seemed to occur both as a function of the particular issue and of the particular characteristic, but a number of these relationships were substantial. Volume 5 Number 3 May 1968

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