2000 Graduating Senior Survey Data Tables:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons
in Academic Environment and Faculty Contributions
This document reports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences in the respondents' overall
assessment of the academic environment at NC State, and their ratings of faculty contributions to their
educational experience here. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2000 Graduating Senior
Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2000 Graduating
Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."
Satisfaction |
Intellectual Environment |
Quality of Instruction |
Faculty Contributions
Choose NC State again?
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
75.7% |
77.1% |
74.4% |
64.7% |
77.0% |
69.2% |
No |
7.3% |
6.8% |
7.7% |
18.8% |
6.3% |
9.0% |
Not Sure |
17.0% |
16.1% |
17.9% |
16.5% |
16.8% |
21.8% |
Choose same major again?
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Yes |
64.2% |
64.3% |
64.2% |
44.7% |
65.4% |
68.8% |
No |
13.3% |
12.7% |
13.8% |
28.2% |
12.1% |
13.0% |
Not Sure |
22.5% |
23.0% |
22.0% |
27.1% |
22.4% |
18.2% |
Intellectual environment on campus
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Very weak |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.8% |
0.0% |
0.5% |
2.7% |
Weak |
2.4% |
1.8% |
2.9% |
3.6% |
2.2% |
4.1% |
Average |
26.0% |
23.7% |
28.2% |
31.3% |
25.4% |
29.7% |
Strong |
53.7% |
57.0% |
50.6% |
50.6% |
54.7% |
41.9% |
Very strong |
17.4% |
17.2% |
17.5% |
14.5% |
17.3% |
21.6% |
Quality of instruction - in major?
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Poor |
0.9% |
0.3% |
1.4% |
1.2% |
0.8% |
1.3% |
Fair |
7.6% |
7.3% |
7.8% |
17.6% |
6.8% |
7.9% |
Good |
44.3% |
41.3% |
47.1% |
41.2% |
44.4% |
46.1% |
Excellent |
47.3% |
51.1% |
43.8% |
40.0% |
48.0% |
44.7% |
Quality of instruction - overall?
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Poor |
0.6% |
0.5% |
0.8% |
1.2% |
0.5% |
1.3% |
Fair |
17.5% |
12.9% |
21.7% |
25.0% |
16.8% |
19.2% |
Good |
66.9% |
70.4% |
63.7% |
63.1% |
67.7% |
60.3% |
Excellent |
15.0% |
16.2% |
13.8% |
10.7% |
15.0% |
19.2% |
Evaluate overall education received at NCSU
|
All |
Women |
Men |
AfAm |
White |
Other |
Poor |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.8% |
1.2% |
0.5% |
1.3% |
Fair |
5.6% |
4.6% |
6.5% |
8.3% |
4.9% |
13.0% |
Good |
55.4% |
54.9% |
55.8% |
63.1% |
55.4% |
46.8% |
Excellent |
38.5% |
40.2% |
36.9% |
27.4% |
39.3% |
39.0% |
Faculty Contributions
Mean Rating |
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|
All |
Women |
Men |
White |
AfAm |
Other |
Set high expectations to learn |
3.41 |
3.45 |
3.37 |
3.42 |
3.34 |
3.30 |
Respect diverse talents & ways of learn |
3.01 |
3.10 |
2.93 |
3.03 |
2.71 |
3.06 |
Encourage active learning |
3.17 |
3.26 |
3.09 |
3.19 |
3.03 |
3.09 |
Encourage student/faculty interaction |
3.11 |
3.21 |
3.01 |
3.13 |
2.88 |
3.01 |
Freq and prompt feedback from faculty |
3.12 |
3.22 |
3.03 |
3.13 |
3.00 |
3.18 |
Time/energy to coursework encouraged |
3.35 |
3.41 |
3.30 |
3.36 |
3.29 |
3.30 |
Opp for coop learning w/ fellow stdnts |
3.28 |
3.31 |
3.26 |
3.29 |
3.17 |
3.32 |
Care about academic success/welfare |
3.07 |
3.18 |
2.96 |
3.09 |
2.82 |
2.98 |
Overall rating of faculty |
3.23 |
3.31 |
3.15 |
3.25 |
2.99 |
3.20 |
For more information on the 2000 Graduating Senior Survey contact:
Dr. Nancy Whelchel, Associate Director for Survey Research
Office of Institutional Planning and Research
Box 7002
NCSU
Phone: (919) 515-4184
Email: Nancy_Whelchel@ncsu.edu
Posted: May, 2001
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