Common use of Sources of Information Clause in Contracts

Sources of Information. First-year students rated the importance of 19 sources of information they may have used when making a decision about whether or not to attend their university. Examining results in the table below shows that no single aspect seems to outweigh others, with several being selected as important by about half of students. These include visits to campus for an open house (52%), their university’s website (50%), and parents (46%). Of interest, parents were an important source of information, but when students rated the importance of choosing their university because it was where their family wanted them to go (as seen in Section 4.2), family was not rated as an important influencer. This seems to indicate that students go to their parents for information, but ultimately where their parents want them to go does not weight heavily on their decision. At the lower end, the university’s Facebook site (14%), university’s social media sites (12%), and contact with university athletic coaches (8%) were not rated as being important relative to other aspects.