North Carolina State University
2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey:
Frequency Distributions for Faculty Contributions

This document reports the frequency distribution by gender and race/ethnicity for survey items asking about the ways in which faculty contributed to the respondent's education. (Back to means)


Faculty Contributions

Q Set high expectations for learning
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Set high expectations for learning 42.0 48.2 36.7 38.3 42.7 37.5
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 52.9 47.9 57.2 53.9 52.6 55.5
2: Fair (%) 4.9 3.8 5.9 7.8 4.5 6.5
1: Poor (%) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.5
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Q Respect diverse talents/ways of learning
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Respect diverse talents/ways of learning 29.3 33.5 25.7 23.8 29.7 30.0
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 55.1 52.4 57.4 53.9 55.3 54.0
2: Fair (%) 13.9 13.2 14.6 20.2 13.5 12.5
1: Poor (%) 1.7 0.9 2.3 2.1 1.5 3.5
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Q Encourage actively involved learning
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Encourage actively involved learning 34.5 39.9 29.8 31.3 34.9 32.5
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 50.4 48.8 51.7 55.2 49.9 51.5
2: Fair (%) 13.8 10.8 16.3 13.5 13.9 13.0
1: Poor (%) 1.4 0.4 2.2 0.0 1.4 3.0
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Q Encourage student-faculty interaction
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Encourage student-faculty interaction 33.6 38.8 29.2 28.1 34.5 29.1
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 45.1 43.7 46.3 45.3 44.9 46.7
2: Fair (%) 18.4 15.5 21.0 21.9 18.1 19.1
1: Poor (%) 2.8 2.0 3.5 4.7 2.5 5.0
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Q Give frequent and prompt feedback
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Give frequent and prompt feedback 28.4 32.0 25.3 25.4 28.8 27.5
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 55.5 55.6 55.3 56.5 55.4 54.5
2: Fair (%) 15.1 12.0 17.7 16.6 14.9 16.0
1: Poor (%) 1.0 0.3 1.6 1.6 0.9 2.0
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Q Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework 40.3 45.5 35.7 36.8 40.7 39.0
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 51.9 48.6 54.7 54.9 51.6 52.0
2: Fair (%) 7.4 5.6 8.9 7.8 7.3 8.0
1: Poor (%) 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 1.0
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Q Opportunity to learn cooperatively with fellow students
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Opp. to learn cooperatively with fellow students 38.1 41.7 34.9 26.9 39.2 36.5
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 48.7 46.4 50.7 57.0 48.2 45.5
2: Fair (%) 11.8 10.8 12.7 14.5 11.2 15.5
1: Poor (%) 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.6 1.3 2.5
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Q Care about your academic success and welfare
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Care about your academic success and welfare 31.5 37.2 26.6 25.9 32.3 28.0
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 47.1 45.2 48.7 44.6 47.8 42.0
2: Fair (%) 17.7 15.4 19.6 22.8 16.7 23.0
1: Poor (%) 3.7 2.2 5.1 6.7 3.2 7.0
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Q Evaluation on all eight measures
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Faculty: Evaluation on all eight measures 29.6 34.6 25.2 20.8 30.7 26.1
4: Excellent (%)
3: Good (%) 61.3 58.6 63.6 63.0 61.1 61.3
2: Fair (%) 8.8 6.7 10.6 16.1 7.9 11.6
1: Poor (%) 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.4 1.0
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For more information on the 2002-2003 Graduating Senior Survey contact:
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: September, 2003

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