North Carolina State University
2001 First-Year Student Survey Data Tables:
Rank Ordering of Goal Development and Importance

This document contains tables depicting the rank order of goal development and importance for each of the goals, both for all respondents and by gender and race/ethnicity.

Comparison of Rank Order of Average Ratings of Current Development and Importance Level of Goals

GOALS

Rank order

current level of goal development/goal importance

All

Women

Men

Af. Am

White

Other

Taking responsibility for behavior

1/2

1/2

1/2

2/1

1/2

2/3

Valuing racial equity

2/16

2/9

2/19

1/6

2/16

1/10

Valuing gender equity

3/21

3/11

3/24

3/11

3/22

3/22

Learning as lifelong

4/22

4/24

4/20

4/16

4/23

4/23

Acting upon ethical principles

5/14

5/10

7/16

10/21

5/15

7/12

Function as part of a team

6/11

6/19

6/11

8/20

6/11

8/14

Being independent and self-reliant

7/5

8/4

5/5

7/7

7/4

9/4

Understanding own abilities and interests

8/8

9/8

8/9

9/8

8/8

13/11

Interact with diverse people

9/24

7/13

15/25

5/12

9/24

5/13

Tolerance for different views

10/20

11/18

18/23

13/22

11/20

10/17

Good listening skills

11/17

10/20

17/17

15/14

10/17

12/16

Realizing my potential for success

12/7

15/7

11/8

6/4

12/7

16/6

Having self-discipline

13/4

13/4

14/3

14/5

13/3

11/2

Clarifying personal identity

14/19

14/14

16/22

12/17

15/19

17/20

Having self-confidence

15/3

17/3

12/4

11/2

17/3

19/5

Plan / carry out project independently

16/12

12/15

22/13

19/23

14/12

15/15

Broad general education

17/18

16/23

19/18

18/19

18/18

14/19

Apply mathematics skills

18/25

27/31

9/12

26/25

16/25

18/24

Improving leadership / management skills

19/10

18/12

24/10

17/10

20/10

23/9

Commitment to health and fitness

20/15

22/17

20/15

22/27

19/13

22/21

Coping with change

21/23

21/21

21/21

20/24

21/21

25/25

Develop computer skills

22/9

29/22

13/6

21/15

23/9

21/7

Understand scientific influence

23/30

31/33

10/28

29/31

22/29

20/31

Critically analyze info.

24/27

23/27

25/27

24/29

24/27

24/26

Communicate ideas orally

25/13

25/16

26/14

23/13

25/14

31/18

Good reading comp. skills

26/26

24/25

28/26

25/18

26/26

28/28

Handling stress

27/6

32/6

23/7

27/9

27/6

27/8

Understand diverse cultures

28/31

19/26

31/34

16/28

29/32

6/27

Appreciation of the arts

29/34

20/32

34/35

32/35

28/34

26/34

Communicate in writing

30/29

26/28

32/31

28/26

30/30

34/30

Managing my time

31/1

30/1

33/1

34/3

31/1

30/1

Apply scientific principles

32/33

35/35

27/29

35/34

32/33

33/33

World problems / issues

33/28

33/30

29/30

31/32

33/28

29/29

Involved with public / community affairs

34/32

28/29

35/32

30/30

34/31

35/32

Present as it relates to history

35/35

34/34

30/33

33/33

35/35

32/35

For more information on the 2001 First-Year Student Survey contact:
Dr. Nancy Whelchel, Associate Director for Survey Research
Office of Institutional Planning and Research
Box 7002 Phone: (919) 515-4184
Email: Nancy_Whelchel@ncsu.edu

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