1998 Graduating Senior Survey: Campus Climate for Student Sub-groups

Graduating seniors were asked to assess the supportiveness or discriminatory nature of campus climate using a five-point scale (strongly discriminatory=1…strongly supportive=5).

Mean and Std. Dev.

All

Female

Male

Af. Am.

White

Other

Campus climate for women

4.06

4.03

4.09

3.99

4.09

3.80

0.91

0.89

0.93

0.99

0.90

0.92

Campus climate for men +

4.13

4.34

3.96

4.42

4.12

4.00

0.96

0.86

1.00

0.82

0.97

0.87

Campus climate for African-Am.

++

4.00

3.98

4.01

3.41

4.07

3.70

1.02

1.00

1.03

1.19

0.99

0.98

Campus climate for other minorities ++

3.78

3.72

3.83

3.48

3.83

3.41

0.96

0.95

0.96

1.13

0.94

0.93

campus climate for international stud. ++

3.86

3.87

3.85

3.66

3.90

3.52

0.94

0.93

0.96

1.12

0.93

0.88

Campus climate for disabled students

3.75

3.70

3.79

3.79

3.76

3.54

0.98

1.00

0.97

0.97

0.99

0.93

Campus climate for gays/lesbians

2.91

2.85

2.95

2.76

2.93

2.74

1.19

1.16

1.21

1.35

1.19

1.00


+ Gender: p<0.01; ++ Ethnicity: p<0.01

Mean and Std. Dev.

All

Female

Male

Af. Am.

White

Other

Commitment to minority success +,++

3.32

3.26

3.37

2.82

3.39

2.92

0.63

0.62

0.64

0.78

0.59

0.70


+ Gender: p<0.01; ++ Ethnicity: p<0.01

Mean and Std. Dev.

All

Female

Male

Af. Am.

White

Other

People dont treat others with respect ++

2.42

2.42

2.41

2.79

2.39

2.46

0.90

0.91

0.88

0.77

0.90

0.84


++ Ethnicity: p<0.01

Mean and Std. Dev.

All

Female

Male

Af. Am.

White

Other

Racial conflict on campus +,++

2.02

2.10

1.95

2.57

1.97

2.14

0.83

0.84

0.83

0.87

0.83

0.72


+ Gender: p<0.01; ++ Ethnicity: p<0.01

Frequencies and Percentages


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