PIRG student volunteers asked students with credit cards to fill out surveys in student centers in the spring of 1998 at a representative sample of 15 college campuses around the country, including large and small, public and private, 4-year residential and 2-year community colleges (UCLA. Colorado State University, University of Southern Colorado, Eastern Connecticut State College, the University of Connecticut, Trinity College (CT), Indiana University, Smith College, the University of Maryland, Rutgers University, Oberlin College, Lane Community College (OR), Portland State University, the University of Oregon and the University of Wisconsin. Over the summer, a survey was distributed randomly to students working in PIRG offices around the country.
