A Comparison of Financial Resources of U.S.C. Entering Freshmen for Fall 1968, 1970, and 1972 / Paul P. Fidler and Grady Edwards.

This document compares the financial resources of University of South Carolina (USC) freshmen for the fall 1968, 1970, and 1972. A questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education was administered to incoming freshmen at USC and 527 other institutions of higher education including 2-year colleges, 4-year colleges and 42 universities. The resulting summary data on entering freshmen included information on the entering freshmen at USC and weighted normative data based on questionnaire results from the 42 participating universities. Results indicated (1) the estimated parental incomes of USC freshmen are nearly identical to the national norms. (2) The estimated parental income interval containing the largest percentage of cases for both USC and other university freshmen has remained at $10,000-$14,999 level during all the years studied. (3) Similar to freshmen at the national level, the most important source of financial support for USC freshmen was parental income. (4) Since source of financial support has remained stable, whereas, the corresponding percentage for other university freshmen has increased almost 10% during the same time period. (5) USC freshmen are not as concerned about financing their education as are freshmen at other universities. (6) USC freshmen are only half as likely to receive scholarship as are other university freshmen. (MJM)

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