North Carolina State University
2005 First-Year Student Survey:
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.
| Goals | Rank Order Current level of goal development/goal importance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| Taking responsibility for behavior | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 3/2 |
| Valuing racial equity | 2/9 | 3/9 | 2/13 | 1/1 | 3/12 | 1/3 |
| Valuing gender equity | 3/12 | 2/9 | 3/16 | 2/8 | 2/14 | 2/8 |
| Learning as lifelong | 4/16 | 4/19 | 4/16 | 5/17 | 4/16 | 5/21 |
| Acting upon ethical principles | 5/15 | 5/13 | 5/15 | 6/15 | 5/14 | 8/16 |
| Function as part of a team | 6/12 | 6/20 | 5/10 | 10/17 | 6/11 | 9/20 |
| Interact with diverse people | 7/17 | 7/12 | 10/22 | 4/6 | 9/20 | 4/9 |
| Being independent and self-reliant | 8/5 | 8/5 | 8/5 | 14/13 | 7/5 | 12/4 |
| Understanding own abilities and interests | 9/8 | 10/7 | 9/7 | 12/8 | 8/8 | 10/9 |
| Tolerance for different views | 10/21 | 9/16 | 13/26 | 9/13 | 10/22 | 7/16 |
| Having self-discipline | 11/3 | 13/3 | 14/3 | 15/5 | 11/3 | 13/4 |
| Good listening skills | 11/21 | 12/23 | 18/21 | 16/10 | 11/22 | 11/18 |
| Realizing my potential for success | 11/6 | 15/7 | 12/6 | 7/7 | 13/7 | 19/9 |
| Clarifying personal identity | 11/17 | 14/11 | 15/24 | 7/10 | 14/17 | 16/21 |
| Plan/carry out project indep. | 15/14 | 11/16 | 23/13 | 21/25 | 14/12 | 16/9 |
| Apply mathematics skills | 16/25 | 26/31 | 5/12 | 23/29 | 16/25 | 14/25 |
| Having self-confidence | 17/4 | 19/3 | 15/4 | 10/2 | 19/4 | 22/6 |
| Broad general education | 18/19 | 17/21 | 20/19 | 20/23 | 18/17 | 14/18 |
| Commitment to health and fitness | 19/11 | 19/13 | 18/10 | 19/23 | 17/9 | 27/14 |
| Improving leadership/management skills | 19/10 | 18/16 | 23/7 | 17/10 | 19/10 | 26/13 |
| Develop computer skills | 21/27 | 25/30 | 17/16 | 18/27 | 22/26 | 20/29 |
| Critically analyze info. | 22/27 | 22/27 | 23/24 | 23/31 | 21/27 | 23/21 |
| Understand diverse cultures | 22/29 | 16/26 | 27/32 | 12/21 | 25/30 | 6/27 |
| Understand scientific influence | 24/30 | 32/34 | 11/28 | 29/33 | 23/29 | 18/32 |
| Coping with change | 25/19 | 27/15 | 20/23 | 22/22 | 24/17 | 25/27 |
| Good reading comp. skills | 26/26 | 23/25 | 29/29 | 27/17 | 26/28 | 28/24 |
| Appreciation of the arts | 27/35 | 19/32 | 32/35 | 25/34 | 27/35 | 21/35 |
| World problems/issues | 28/24 | 30/24 | 26/26 | 26/26 | 30/24 | 23/25 |
| Communicate ideas orally | 28/21 | 28/22 | 29/20 | 30/15 | 27/21 | 32/14 |
| Handling stress | 30/6 | 34/6 | 20/7 | 27/17 | 29/6 | 29/7 |
| Involved with public/community affairs | 31/30 | 24/28 | 35/33 | 31/28 | 32/31 | 33/31 |
| Present as it relates to history | 32/33 | 33/33 | 31/31 | 32/32 | 33/32 | 29/32 |
| Managing my time | 32/1 | 29/1 | 33/1 | 34/3 | 31/1 | 34/1 |
| Apply scientific principles | 34/34 | 35/35 | 27/30 | 35/35 | 33/34 | 31/34 |
| Communicate in writing | 35/32 | 31/29 | 34/34 | 33/30 | 35/33 | 34/30 |
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: February, 2007
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