Administered the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) to entering freshmen (N = 91-703), after the 1st yr. (N = 19-75), and the 2nd (N = 18-101). Institutional differences were revealed by College Goals Rating Sheet, the College and University Environment Scales, and campus visits. Institutional means for entering students ranged across 2 standard deviations for several OPI scales and factors. Test-retest data indicate: (1) most change in autonomy, impulse expression, estheticism, and practical orientation, and least change in intellectual interests, social extroversion, and altruism; (2) for both men and women; (3) irrespective of mean score at entrance; (4) for all colleges. More detailed analyses of subgroups (commuters vs. residents) and of more particular variables (college role orientation) revealed differential change related to characteristics of colleges and entering students. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.
