North Carolina State University
2009 First-Year Student Survey:
Rank Ordering of Goal Development and Importance
| Goals | Rank Order: Current level of development/Goal importance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Women | Men | Asian American |
Black/ Afr Amer |
Hispanic | White | Other | |
| Appreciating gender equity | 1/16 | 1/13 | 1/21 | 1/23 | 2/7 | 3/18 | 1/14 | 2/16 |
| Appreciating racial equity | 2/14 | 2/11 | 2/16 | 2/14 | 1/1 | 1/4 | 2/14 | 1/9 |
| Ability to function as part of a team | 3/5 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 4/3 | 4/11 | 7/14 | 3/5 | 3/7 |
| Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds | 4/15 | 4/14 | 5/16 | 3/15 | 3/2 | 2/6 | 4/17 | 4/14 |
| Recognizing and acting upon ethical principles | 5/16 | 5/15 | 7/20 | 9/21 | 5/10 | 8/11 | 5/14 | 6/17 |
| Logical reasoning skills | 6/11 | 14/17 | 4/7 | 14/8 | 13/21 | 12/20 | 6/11 | 5/10 |
| Ability to adapt to changing technologies | 7/18 | 13/24 | 5/15 | 6/22 | 8/21 | 10/22 | 7/19 | 9/17 |
| Listening skills | 7/11 | 8/7 | 9/13 | 8/11 | 10/11 | 9/10 | 7/13 | 8/7 |
| Tolerance for divergent views | 9/24 | 9/19 | 12/27 | 5/23 | 7/14 | 4/11 | 14/25 | 7/21 |
| Ability to organize steps to complete group project | 10/18 | 6/18 | 16/22 | 13/27 | 9/18 | 12/20 | 10/18 | 12/20 |
| Ability to plan/carry out projects independently | 10/11 | 7/11 | 16/13 | 14/6 | 18/14 | 16/15 | 9/12 | 14/14 |
| Personal growth | 12/5 | 12/5 | 10/8 | 16/8 | 12/6 | 11/6 | 12/7 | 11/3 |
| Taking the initiative improve my work | 13/8 | 10/9 | 14/10 | 11/15 | 10/14 | 14/13 | 13/8 | 14/10 |
| Problem-solving skills | 13/10 | 16/16 | 8/5 | 18/11 | 19/21 | 24/16 | 11/9 | 16/10 |
| Appreciation for arts, music, literature | 15/33 | 10/31 | 25/34 | 12/32 | 14/33 | 5/25 | 15/33 | 12/33 |
| Self-discipline | 16/3 | 19/3 | 22/2 | 23/2 | 19/7 | 17/3 | 17/3 | 18/5 |
| Computer skills | 17/22 | 20/26 | 19/16 | 10/17 | 16/20 | 20/28 | 21/20 | 17/26 |
| Maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle | 17/7 | 21/4 | 15/9 | 23/6 | 23/17 | 28/6 | 15/5 | 25/5 |
| Ability to lead or guide others | 17/22 | 16/22 | 24/23 | 28/19 | 17/27 | 22/24 | 18/23 | 24/24 |
| Comprehension skills | 20/8 | 21/7 | 19/10 | 20/8 | 24/9 | 15/9 | 19/9 | 22/13 |
| Using mathematics skills | 21/24 | 26/29 | 12/12 | 17/11 | 27/30 | 27/27 | 20/24 | 18/25 |
| Ability to critically analyze ideas and information | 22/20 | 23/24 | 16/16 | 21/17 | 22/25 | 21/26 | 21/20 | 18/17 |
| Understanding everyday influence of science/technology | 23/29 | 27/32 | 11/25 | 18/28 | 24/32 | 23/33 | 23/29 | 18/31 |
| Self-confidence | 24/4 | 25/5 | 19/3 | 25/5 | 14/4 | 24/5 | 24/4 | 25/4 |
| Exercising public responsibility/community service | 25/27 | 15/22 | 29/28 | 25/31 | 21/25 | 26/29 | 25/27 | 23/27 |
| Understanding of diverse cultures and values | 26/30 | 18/28 | 28/32 | 7/26 | 6/19 | 6/22 | 27/30 | 10/29 |
| Understanding present as it relates to history | 27/31 | 27/32 | 23/30 | 22/32 | 26/31 | 18/31 | 26/31 | 28/32 |
| Using books/journals/articles from library/internet for research | 28/28 | 24/27 | 32/29 | 29/29 | 30/28 | 31/29 | 28/28 | 30/27 |
| Understanding world issues/problems | 28/20 | 31/21 | 27/23 | 27/23 | 28/24 | 19/18 | 30/20 | 27/21 |
| Ability to handle stress | 30/2 | 33/2 | 25/3 | 30/4 | 30/4 | 29/2 | 29/2 | 29/1 |
| Speaking skills | 31/24 | 30/20 | 31/25 | 32/19 | 29/13 | 31/16 | 31/25 | 33/21 |
| Writing skills | 32/31 | 29/29 | 33/33 | 33/30 | 32/29 | 30/32 | 32/32 | 32/30 |
| Applying scientific methods of inquiry | 33/34 | 34/34 | 29/31 | 31/34 | 33/34 | 33/34 | 33/34 | 31/34 |
| Time management | 34/1 | 32/1 | 34/1 | 34/1 | 34/2 | 34/1 | 34/1 | 34/2 |
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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, 2010
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