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 "1999 Graduating Senior Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see " 1999 Graduating Senior Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."

Satisfaction | Intellectual Environment | Quality of Instruction | Faculty Contributions

Choose same major again?

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Yes	68.4%	65.9%	70.3%	71.4%	68.6%	62.7%
No	11.5%	12.3%	10.9%	16.1%	10.7%	18.6%
Not Sure	20.1%	21.7%	18.8%	12.5%	20.7%	18.6%

Survey item #31: Satisfaction with Education (exact wording)
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Intellectual environment on campus

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Very strong	15.5%	19.4%	12.4%	16.1%	15.3%	16.9%
Strong	57.5%	57.7%	57.4%	60.7%	58.3%	44.1%
Average	23.4%	19.1%	26.7%	23.2%	22.7%	33.9%
Weak	3.0%	3.3%	2.6%	0.0%	3.1%	3.4%
Very weak	0.6%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%	1.7%

Survey item #28: Intellectual Environment on Campus (exact wording)
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Quality of instruction - overall

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Excellent	14.2%	16.5%	12.3%	12.5%	14.1%	17.2%
Good	70.3%	70.3%	70.4%	73.2%	70.7%	62.1%
Fair	14.6%	12.5%	16.3%	14.3%	14.3%	19.0%
Poor	0.8%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.8%	1.7%

Survey item #29: Quality of Instruction (exact wording)
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Evaluate overall edu received at NCSU

	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Excellent	41.3%	45.8%	37.8%	34.5%	42.0%	37.3%
Good	52.8%	48.7%	56.0%	60.0%	52.4%	50.8%
Fair	5.8%	5.5%	6.1%	5.5%	5.4%	11.9%
Poor	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%

Survey item #30: Evaluation of Overall Education (exact wording)
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Faculty Contributions

	Mean Rating (Based on a scale of 4="Excellent," 3="Good," 2="Fair," and 1="Poor")
	All	Women	Men	White	AfAm	Other
Set high expectations to learn	3.39	3.45	3.35	3.40	3.45	3.21
Respect diverse talents & ways of learn	3.02	3.10	2.95	3.02	2.95	2.98
Encourage active learning	3.16	3.24	3.10	3.17	3.22	3.07
Encourage student/faculty interaction	3.07	3.15	3.02	3.09	2.91	2.95
Freq and prompt feedback from faculty	3.11	3.17	3.06	3.11	3.09	3.03
Time/energy to coursework encouraged	3.31	3.38	3.25	3.31	3.29	3.20
Opp for coop learning w/ fellow stdnts	3.22	3.22	3.22	3.22	3.31	3.08
Care about academic success/welfare	3.05	3.13	3.00	3.09	2.95	2.72
Overall rating of faculty	3.20	3.26	3.15	3.20	3.17	3.11

Survey items #1-9: Faculty Contributions (exact wording)
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For more information on the 1999 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: April 2000

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