North Carolina State University
2003-2004 Graduating Senior Survey:
Frequency Distributions for Faculty Contributions

This document reports the frequency distribution by gender and race/ethnicity for survey items asking about the ways in which faculty contributed to the respondent's education. (Back to means)


Faculty Contributions

Q Set high expectations for learning
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Set high expectations for learning 46.0 51.7 40.8 36.1 48.0 35.1
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 48.4 44.2 52.2 56.7 47.0 54.6
2: Fair (%) 5.2 4.1 6.3 7.2 4.5 10.2
1: Poor (%) 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.5 0.0
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Q Respect diverse talents/ways of learning
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Respect diverse talents/ways of learning 31.9 35.4 28.8 23.3 32.8 31.4
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 51.9 50.2 53.5 50.6 52.1 52.0
2: Fair (%) 14.1 13.3 14.9 22.8 13.3 14.2
1: Poor (%) 2.0 1.1 2.8 3.3 1.8 2.5
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Q Encourage actively involved learning
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Encourage actively involved learning 38.4 45.2 32.3 33.9 39.6 31.2
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 47.2 45.5 48.8 52.2 46.5 49.8
2: Fair (%) 13.0 9.2 16.4 13.3 12.6 16.1
1: Poor (%) 1.4 0.2 2.5 0.6 1.3 2.9
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Q Encourage student-faculty interaction
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Encourage student-faculty interaction 33.0 37.2 29.1 24.4 34.4 27.0
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 46.2 46.9 45.6 52.2 45.7 45.6
2: Fair (%) 17.3 14.4 20.0 20.6 16.5 22.5
1: Poor (%) 3.5 1.4 5.3 2.8 3.4 4.9
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Q Give frequent and prompt feedback
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Give frequent and prompt feedback 29.6 32.9 26.7 18.9 31.1 25.4
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 53.3 51.9 54.7 59.4 52.7 53.7
2: Fair (%) 15.8 14.5 17.1 20.6 15.2 18.0
1: Poor (%) 1.2 0.8 1.5 1.1 1.0 2.9
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Q Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework 43.7 49.0 38.9 37.8 45.3 33.7
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 49.0 45.5 52.1 52.2 47.8 57.1
2: Fair (%) 6.7 5.4 7.8 10.0 6.2 7.8
1: Poor (%) 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.7 1.5
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Q Opportunity to learn cooperatively with fellow students
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Opp. to learn cooperatively with fellow students 37.6 39.4 35.9 29.6 38.7 33.3
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 47.0 47.9 46.2 48.0 46.7 49.0
2: Fair (%) 13.6 11.8 15.2 20.1 12.9 14.2
1: Poor (%) 1.8 0.9 2.7 2.2 1.6 3.4
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Q Care about your academic success and welfare
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Care about your academic success and welfare 34.4 38.6 30.5 18.4 36.2 30.7
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 45.4 44.7 46.1 54.2 44.9 43.4
2: Fair (%) 16.9 14.9 18.8 21.2 16.3 19.5
1: Poor (%) 3.2 1.8 4.5 6.1 2.6 6.3
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Q Evaluation on all eight measures
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Evaluation on all eight measures 32.5 38.5 27.1 20.0 34.0 29.3
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 57.5 54.7 60.0 63.9 57.3 53.7
2: Fair (%) 9.1 6.7 11.4 14.4 8.1 14.6
1: Poor (%) 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.7 0.7 2.4
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For more information on the 2003-2004 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: September, 2004

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