North Carolina State University
2009 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons of Professional Preparation

This document reports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences in respondents' assessment of how well they were prepared by NC State for their current profession and/or graduate/professional school. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2009 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods, see "2009 Baccalaureate Alumni Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile."

Professional Preparation: Current Importance | Preparation

Q NC State's contribution to professional preparation

Importance in Current Profession

	Mean Rating (based on a scale of 5="Very Important," 4="Important," 3="Moderately Important,"2="Limited Importance," 1="Not Important")
	NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Conducting work activities in an ethical manner	4.65	4.73	4.57	4.71	4.65	4.62
Comprehension skills	4.64	4.67	4.61	4.71	4.63	4.67
Solving problems	4.58	4.54	4.63	4.57	4.58	4.60
Being dependable and punctual	4.58	4.63	4.53	4.64	4.58	4.53
Professionalism	4.56	4.63	4.49	4.73	4.55	4.50
Listening skills	4.56	4.63	4.50	4.65	4.55	4.59
Ability to work independently	4.56	4.62	4.51	4.70	4.55	4.54
Working under pressure	4.55	4.60	4.51	4.63	4.55	4.54
Confidence in your ability to perform well	4.55	4.58	4.53	4.65	4.54	4.61
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances	4.53	4.58	4.48	4.63	4.52	4.55

	NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Ability to learn independently	4.52	4.55	4.49	4.59	4.51	4.59
Willingness to accept new responsibilities	4.51	4.56	4.46	4.58	4.50	4.45
Ability to grow on the job	4.50	4.53	4.48	4.61	4.50	4.43
Written communication skills	4.50	4.61	4.39	4.66	4.48	4.50
Logical reasoning skills	4.49	4.46	4.52	4.47	4.49	4.55
Resourcefulness	4.48	4.52	4.43	4.58	4.47	4.48
Ability to work in teams	4.45	4.50	4.39	4.46	4.44	4.56
Ability to adjust to new job demands	4.45	4.54	4.36	4.59	4.44	4.45
Leadership and management skills	4.44	4.48	4.40	4.50	4.44	4.38
Finding relevant information/ideas from multiple sources	4.42	4.44	4.40	4.44	4.41	4.45

	NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Making decisions under pressure	4.42	4.42	4.41	4.50	4.42	4.35
Bringing information/ideas together from different areas	4.38	4.44	4.31	4.40	4.37	4.41
Defining problems	4.37	4.36	4.38	4.44	4.36	4.47
Examining problems from multiple perspectives	4.36	4.38	4.33	4.42	4.34	4.53
Planning projects	4.30	4.31	4.28	4.34	4.30	4.25
Technical skills/knowledge	4.28	4.19	4.36	4.38	4.27	4.25
Thinking creatively	4.26	4.25	4.27	4.35	4.25	4.23
Ability to adapt to changing technologies	4.22	4.20	4.23	4.33	4.20	4.33
Public speaking and presentation skills	4.19	4.27	4.12	4.37	4.17	4.23
Ability to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds	4.12	4.29	3.95	4.51	4.07	4.37
Ability to apply mathematics skills	3.55	3.41	3.70	3.53	3.55	3.59
Ability to apply scientific methods of inquiry	3.54	3.43	3.65	3.49	3.54	3.60

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Preparation Through Program of Study at NC State

	Mean Rating (based on a scale of 5="Excellent," 4="Good," 3="Average," 2="Fair," 1="Poor")
	NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Ability to work independently	4.40	4.48	4.33	4.42	4.41	4.30
Finding relevant information/ideas from multiple sources	4.34	4.39	4.28	4.37	4.34	4.26
Ability to learn independently	4.34	4.38	4.31	4.41	4.35	4.23
Comprehension skills	4.32	4.36	4.28	4.37	4.32	4.21
Ability to work in teams	4.30	4.36	4.25	4.43	4.30	4.20
Conducting work activities in an ethical manner	4.27	4.36	4.18	4.40	4.27	4.21
Bringing information/ideas together from different areas	4.25	4.31	4.18	4.29	4.25	4.19
Resourcefulness	4.23	4.27	4.18	4.34	4.23	4.11
Solving problems	4.22	4.20	4.25	4.22	4.23	4.09
Working under pressure	4.22	4.24	4.19	4.28	4.23	4.01

	NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Logical reasoning skills	4.21	4.19	4.24	4.22	4.22	4.10
Ability to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds	4.14	4.19	4.08	4.32	4.13	4.09
Written communication skills	4.13	4.21	4.06	4.19	4.13	4.09
Willingness to accept new responsibilities	4.13	4.20	4.06	4.16	4.14	4.02
Confidence in your ability to perform well	4.11	4.12	4.09	4.20	4.10	4.05
Listening skills	4.11	4.19	4.03	4.09	4.13	3.95
Being dependable and punctual	4.10	4.20	3.99	4.13	4.10	4.01
Technical skills/knowledge	4.10	4.05	4.16	3.98	4.12	4.04
Defining problems	4.10	4.12	4.08	4.16	4.10	4.06
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances	4.06	4.12	4.01	4.14	4.06	3.93

	NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Professionalism	4.04	4.12	3.96	4.22	4.03	3.94
Examining problems from multiple perspectives	4.04	4.08	3.99	4.11	4.04	3.95
Ability to adapt to changing technologies	4.02	4.02	4.01	4.10	4.02	3.94
Thinking creatively	4.02	4.04	3.99	4.18	4.01	3.88
Planning projects	4.00	4.11	3.88	4.11	4.00	3.87
Ability to apply scientific methods of inquiry	4.00	3.95	4.04	3.91	4.01	3.91
Ability to grow on the job	4.00	4.03	3.97	3.97	4.01	3.89
Ability to apply mathematics skills	3.97	3.86	4.09	3.84	3.98	4.03
Making decisions under pressure	3.91	3.92	3.89	4.03	3.91	3.70
Ability to adjust to new job demands	3.86	3.91	3.82	3.97	3.87	3.70
Public speaking and presentation skills	3.85	3.92	3.78	3.96	3.85	3.74
Leadership and management skills	3.84	3.95	3.74	4.03	3.84	3.66

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For more information on the 2009 Baccalaureate Alumni 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, 2009

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