North Carolina State University
2010 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 | Men | Women | Asian Amer |
Black Af Amer |
Hispanic | White | Other | |
| Appreciating gender equity | 1/15 | 1/17 | 1/10 | 2/11 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 1/15 | 2/11 |
| Appreciating racial equity | 2/11 | 2/16 | 2/5 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2/14 | 1/4 |
| Ability to function as part of a team | 3/6 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 7/14 | 4/11 | 4/13 | 3/5 | 4/13 |
| Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds | 4/16 | 6/19 | 4/12 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/16 | 3/10 |
| Recognizing and acting upon ethical principles | 5/17 | 8/23 | 5/15 | 6/17 | 5/15 | 5/15 | 5/16 | 6/18 |
| Logical reasoning skills | 6/11 | 4/7 | 13/18 | 16/11 | 15/24 | 11/8 | 5/10 | 11/8 |
| Listening skills | 6/13 | 10/13 | 9/14 | 11/16 | 8/11 | 7/18 | 7/12 | 13/19 |
| Ability to organize steps to complete group project | 8/18 | 14/20 | 5/20 | 10/21 | 12/24 | 9/21 | 8/18 | 10/24 |
| Ability to adapt to changing technologies | 9/18 | 4/12 | 17/25 | 9/24 | 6/22 | 9/18 | 11/18 | 8/20 |
| Taking the initiative improve my work | 10/8 | 14/10 | 7/7 | 12/14 | 14/14 | 12/8 | 8/8 | 11/4 |
| Ability to plan/carry out projects independently | 11/13 | 17/15 | 8/12 | 17/9 | 16/16 | 15/7 | 8/13 | 16/15 |
| Tolerance for divergent views | 12/22 | 13/27 | 11/17 | 5/21 | 7/19 | 7/23 | 14/23 | 5/20 |
| Personal growth | 13/5 | 12/8 | 12/5 | 13/6 | 10/8 | 16/11 | 13/6 | 14/11 |
| Problem-solving skills | 14/8 | 7/5 | 18/16 | 15/6 | 21/16 | 17/15 | 12/9 | 16/4 |
| Self-discipline | 15/2 | 17/2 | 14/2 | 14/10 | 13/2 | 20/2 | 15/2 | 22/2 |
| Appreciation for arts, music, literature | 16/33 | 26/34 | 10/31 | 8/33 | 18/33 | 13/33 | 16/33 | 7/33 |
| Comprehension skills | 17/10 | 20/11 | 20/9 | 23/6 | 19/8 | 14/8 | 17/10 | 14/14 |
| Ability to lead or guide others | 18/22 | 24/22 | 18/23 | 25/27 | 20/22 | 27/23 | 18/20 | 19/27 |
| Ability to critically analyze ideas and information | 19/20 | 17/17 | 22/23 | 21/19 | 28/24 | 20/18 | 20/20 | 19/15 |
| Understanding everyday influence of science/technology | 19/28 | 9/25 | 27/33 | 22/29 | 23/30 | 19/30 | 21/28 | 21/30 |
| Understanding of diverse cultures and values | 19/28 | 28/32 | 14/25 | 4/19 | 9/18 | 6/17 | 27/30 | 9/22 |
| Maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle | 22/6 | 16/8 | 24/7 | 26/11 | 24/11 | 25/14 | 18/6 | 28/4 |
| Using mathematics skills | 23/26 | 10/13 | 30/30 | 18/23 | 27/27 | 31/25 | 21/26 | 25/25 |
| Computer skills | 23/25 | 22/20 | 23/27 | 19/25 | 10/20 | 18/28 | 25/25 | 16/26 |
| Exercising public responsibility/community service | 25/27 | 30/28 | 16/20 | 19/28 | 22/28 | 23/29 | 23/27 | 25/28 |
| Self-confidence | 26/4 | 20/3 | 25/4 | 28/5 | 16/6 | 20/11 | 23/4 | 27/8 |
| Understanding present as it relates to history | 27/31 | 23/28 | 26/32 | 24/32 | 25/32 | 27/32 | 26/30 | 23/32 |
| Understanding world issues/problems | 28/20 | 27/23 | 31/20 | 27/25 | 26/20 | 24/25 | 29/20 | 24/15 |
| Using books/journals/articles from library/internet for research | 29/30 | 33/30 | 21/28 | 29/30 | 31/30 | 30/27 | 28/29 | 29/29 |
| Speaking skills | 30/24 | 31/26 | 27/19 | 32/18 | 29/10 | 26/22 | 29/24 | 31/22 |
| Ability to handle stress | 31/3 | 25/3 | 33/2 | 29/2 | 30/7 | 29/4 | 32/3 | 30/3 |
| Writing skills | 32/32 | 32/33 | 27/29 | 33/31 | 32/29 | 32/31 | 31/32 | 32/31 |
| Applying scientific methods of inquiry | 33/34 | 29/31 | 34/34 | 31/34 | 33/34 | 33/34 | 33/34 | 33/34 |
| Time management | 34/1 | 34/1 | 32/1 | 34/1 | 34/1 | 34/3 | 34/1 | 34/1 |
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: January 2011
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