1998 Graduating Senior Survey: Faculty Contributions and Academic Environment

Graduating seniors were asked to rate the extent to which NC State had contributed to educational areas such as faculty contributions, instruction, intellectual environment, and overall education.

Faculty Contributions

To measure faculty contributions, a four-point scale was used ( 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=excellent).

Evaluation of Faculty in Major Dept.

  Fac. set high expectations
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.49 0.58
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.50 0.67
ED & PSY 69 3.54 0.61
ENGINEER 311 3.35 0.60
FOR RES 45 3.56 0.59
CHASS 179 3.46 0.56
PAMS 53 3.34 0.55
TEXTILES 77 3.35 0.58
MANAGEMT 145 3.46 0.54
ALL 1092 3.43 0.58

  Fac. respect diverse
talents
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.07 0.74
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.18 0.80
ED & PSY 68 3.22 0.75
ENGINEER ++ 311 2.91 0.72
FOR RES 45 3.18 0.65
CHASS ++ 179 3.26 0.60
PAMS 52 2.81 0.72
TEXTILES 77 3.04 0.68
MANAGEMT 145 3.08 0.68
ALL 1090 3.06 0.71
++ Academic Units signifcantly different p<0.01

  Active learning encouraged
by fac.
N MEAN STD
SCH 190 3.29 0.74
CALS
DESIGN ++ 22 3.64 0.49
ED & PSY 69 3.38 0.67
ENGINEER ++ 311 3.07 0.72
FOR RES 45 3.40 0.58
CHASS ++ 176 3.40 0.68
PAMS 52 3.10 0.63
TEXTILES 77 3.22 0.66
MANAGEMT 145 3.14 0.67
ALL 1087 3.23 0.70
++ Academic Units signifcantly different p<0.01

  Stud/fac. interaction
encouraged by fac.
N MEAN STD
SCH 190 3.27 0.81
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.36 0.73
ED & PSY 69 3.20 0.80
ENGINEER ++ 311 2.90 0.84
FOR RES ++ 45 3.56 0.62
CHASS 179 3.24 0.77
PAMS 52 3.13 0.79
TEXTILES 77 3.19 0.67
MANAGEMT 145 2.97 0.80
ALL 1090 3.12 0.81
++ Academic Units signifcantly different p<0.01

  Fac. feedback freq and
prompt
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.16 0.67
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.36 0.66
ED & PSY 69 3.30 0.67
ENGINEER ++ 311 2.94 0.70
FOR RES 45 3.20 0.59
CHASS 179 3.16 0.68
PAMS 53 3.26 0.65
TEXTILES 77 3.00 0.67
MANAGEMT 145 3.21 0.66
ALL 1092 3.11 0.68
++ Academic Units signifcantly different p<0.01

  Coursework time/energy
encour by fac.
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.38 0.65
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.59 0.59
ED & PSY 69 3.32 0.70
ENGINEER 310 3.25 0.67
FOR RES 45 3.38 0.58
CHASS 179 3.38 0.64
PAMS 53 3.25 0.62
TEXTILES 77 3.16 0.59
MANAGEMT 145 3.23 0.69
ALL 1091 3.30 0.66

  Opport. to learn with
fellow students
N MEAN STD
SCH 190 3.15 0.85
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.36 0.58
ED & PSY 69 3.28 0.80
ENGINEER 310 3.33 0.70
FOR RES ++ 44 3.75 0.53
CHASS 179 3.30 0.72
PAMS 53 3.06 0.82
TEXTILES 77 3.40 0.61
MANAGEMT 145 3.24 0.64
ALL 1089 3.29 0.73
++ Academic Units signifcantly different p<0.01

  Fac. care about acad.
success/welfare
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.21 0.87
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.23 0.61
ED & PSY ++ 69 3.38 0.73
ENGINEER ++ 309 2.87 0.83
FOR RES 45 3.38 0.72
CHASS 179 3.27 0.71
PAMS 52 3.15 0.72
TEXTILES 77 3.14 0.76
MANAGEMT 145 3.06 0.79
ALL 1089 3.11 0.80
++ Academic Units signifcantly different p<0.01

  Overall rating of faculty
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.28 0.64
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.36 0.58
ED & PSY 69 3.35 0.68
ENGINEER ++ 311 3.09 0.61
FOR RES ++ 44 3.52 0.55
CHASS 178 3.36 0.62
PAMS 53 3.11 0.58
TEXTILES 77 3.26 0.55
MANAGEMT 145 3.28 0.56
ALL 1090 3.24 0.62
++ Academic Units signifcantly different p<0.01


Intellectual environment on campus

  Intellectual environment
on campus
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.98 0.65
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.41 0.91
ED & PSY 69 4.07 0.79
ENGINEER 312 3.88 0.72
FOR RES 44 4.07 0.73
CHASS 179 3.80 0.74
PAMS 53 3.83 0.64
TEXTILES 77 3.91 0.73
MANAGEMT 145 3.97 0.73
ALL 1092 3.91 0.73


Quality of Instruction in major

  Quality of Instruction in
major
N MEAN STD
SCH 191 3.51 0.61
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.55 0.60
ED & PSY 69 3.61 0.60
ENGINEER 311 3.38 0.69
FOR RES 44 3.80 0.41
CHASS 179 3.58 0.62
PAMS 53 3.32 0.61
TEXTILES 77 3.48 0.58
MANAGEMT 145 3.52 0.66
ALL 1091 3.49 0.64


Quality of Instruction overall

  Quality of Instruction
overall
N MEAN STD
SCH 190 3.05 0.59
CALS
DESIGN 22 2.86 0.77
ED & PSY 69 2.96 0.58
ENGINEER 310 2.90 0.60
FOR RES 44 3.07 0.59
CHASS 178 3.17 0.61
PAMS 53 2.92 0.65
TEXTILES 77 2.81 0.65
MANAGEMT 144 3.07 0.59
ALL 1087 3.00 0.61


Overall quality of education

  Overall quality of
education
N MEAN STD
SCH 190 3.46 0.58
CALS
DESIGN 22 3.18 0.66
ED & PSY 68 3.38 0.65
ENGINEER 311 3.37 0.59
FOR RES 44 3.57 0.50
CHASS 179 3.41 0.62
PAMS 53 3.34 0.62
TEXTILES 76 3.30 0.61
MANAGEMT 144 3.43 0.60
ALL 1087 3.40 0.60

Frequencies and Percentages


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