North Carolina State University
2006 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 development/goal importance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Women | Men | AfAm | White | Other | |
| Valuing racial equity | 1/7 | 1/7 | 1/8 | 1/2 | 2/8 | 1/4 |
| Taking responsibility for behavior | 2/2 | 3/2 | 1/2 | 3/2 | 1/2 | 3/2 |
| Valuing gender equity | 2/9 | 1/8 | 3/12 | 2/9 | 2/10 | 2/6 |
| Acting upon ethical principles | 4/11 | 4/10 | 5/15 | 5/14 | 5/10 | 5/11 |
| Learning as lifelong | 5/16 | 5/19 | 4/16 | 6/24 | 4/16 | 6/16 |
| Function as part of a team | 6/14 | 7/20 | 7/10 | 7/18 | 6/14 | 9/19 |
| Interact with diverse people | 7/16 | 6/12 | 9/22 | 4/12 | 7/17 | 4/14 |
| Being independent and self-reliant | 8/5 | 10/4 | 8/5 | 13/7 | 8/4 | 11/6 |
| Tolerance for different views | 9/22 | 8/17 | 11/26 | 8/21 | 10/22 | 8/20 |
| Understanding own abilities and interests | 9/9 | 9/10 | 10/8 | 12/9 | 9/9 | 10/13 |
| Having self-discipline | 11/3 | 13/2 | 15/3 | 15/1 | 11/3 | 16/3 |
| Clarifying personal identity | 12/16 | 15/13 | 16/20 | 10/11 | 12/17 | 13/20 |
| Good listening skills | 12/19 | 11/21 | 17/18 | 16/23 | 12/19 | 12/11 |
| Realizing my potential for success | 12/7 | 16/9 | 11/7 | 9/2 | 14/7 | 15/9 |
| Plan/carry out project indep. | 15/14 | 11/14 | 23/17 | 18/18 | 15/15 | 20/16 |
| Apply mathematics skills | 15/26 | 26/31 | 6/12 | 27/29 | 15/25 | 13/28 |
| Commitment to health and fitness | 17/13 | 19/14 | 17/12 | 19/25 | 17/13 | 24/20 |
| Having self-confidence | 18/4 | 21/6 | 13/4 | 13/6 | 18/5 | 24/4 |
| Improving leadership/management skills | 19/11 | 17/14 | 24/10 | 17/13 | 18/10 | 22/16 |
| Broad general education | 20/20 | 17/22 | 25/18 | 19/21 | 20/21 | 18/15 |
| Understand diverse cultures | 21/29 | 13/25 | 29/33 | 10/20 | 24/31 | 7/25 |
| Critically analyze info. | 22/25 | 21/27 | 20/25 | 25/27 | 21/25 | 23/27 |
| Coping with change | 23/20 | 25/17 | 19/23 | 19/15 | 22/19 | 20/26 |
| Understand scientific influence | 24/31 | 29/34 | 13/27 | 29/34 | 23/30 | 17/30 |
| Develop computer skills | 24/28 | 27/30 | 20/23 | 19/27 | 24/28 | 18/31 |
| Good reading comp. skills | 26/26 | 24/26 | 27/29 | 24/15 | 26/27 | 29/23 |
| Appreciation of the arts | 27/35 | 20/32 | 32/35 | 23/33 | 27/35 | 24/35 |
| Handling stress | 28/5 | 33/4 | 20/5 | 30/7 | 27/5 | 28/6 |
| Communicate ideas orally | 29/22 | 28/22 | 30/20 | 25/15 | 29/23 | 30/10 |
| World problems/issues | 30/24 | 32/24 | 27/28 | 28/26 | 30/24 | 24/24 |
| Involved with public/community affairs | 31/30 | 21/28 | 34/32 | 30/31 | 30/29 | 32/32 |
| Apply scientific principles | 32/34 | 35/35 | 26/30 | 35/35 | 32/33 | 33/33 |
| Present as it relates to history | 33/33 | 34/33 | 31/31 | 32/32 | 34/33 | 31/34 |
| Managing my time | 34/1 | 31/1 | 33/1 | 34/5 | 33/1 | 35/1 |
| Communicate in writing | 35/32 | 29/29 | 35/34 | 33/30 | 35/32 | 34/29 |
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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