Easing of In Loco Parentis.

In the 1950s and early 1960s, college authorities stood in loco parentis. This fact permitted the colleges to have almost unquestioned authority over students' lives. By 1965, when college enrollment had risen to 5.5 million from 2.5 million in 1955, and when new social, economic, and ethnic groups had entered this broadened world of postsecondary education, college authorities began to lose this traditional control. The sheer numbers of the new college population and demographic changes in the college population made in loco parentis a difficult position for college administrators to maintain.