North Carolina State University
2004-2005 Graduating Senior Survey:
Frequency Distributions for Faculty Contributions

This document reports the frequency distribution by gender and race/ethnicity of survey items #1-9 of the 2004-2005 Graduating Senior Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on the web.

Exact wording of question: Please evaluate how well faculty members in your major department do each of the following.


Faculty Contributions

Set high expectations for learning
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
48.3
53.9
43.0
42.3
49.7
41.0
3: Good
%
48.1
43.8
52.1
54.7
46.8
53.8
2: Fair
%
3.3
2.2
4.4
2.5
3.3
4.6
1: Poor
%
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.6
Total
N
2,240
1,097
1,143
201
1,866
173
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Respect diverse talents/ways of learning
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
34.7
38.0
31.5
28.4
35.6
32.4
3: Good
%
51.3
49.1
53.4
51.7
50.8
56.1
2: Fair
%
12.5
11.3
13.6
16.9
12.3
8.7
1: Poor
%
1.5
1.5
1.5
3.0
1.2
2.9
Total
N
2,239
1,097
1,142
201
1,865
173
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Encourage actively involved learning
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
40.6
44.3
37.0
41.5
41.2
32.9
3: Good
%
46.2
44.7
47.7
41.5
46.2
52.0
2: Fair
%
12.0
10.1
13.9
16.5
11.5
12.7
1: Poor
%
1.2
0.9
1.4
0.5
1.1
2.3
Total
N
2,235
1,095
1,140
200
1,862
173
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Encourage student-faculty interaction
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
36.7
40.2
33.3
35.3
37.5
30.1
3: Good
%
43.9
43.2
44.6
45.3
43.3
49.1
2: Fair
%
17.3
14.4
20.0
14.9
17.7
15.6
1: Poor
%
2.1
2.2
2.0
4.5
1.6
5.2
Total
N
2,236
1,096
1,140
201
1,862
173
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Give frequent and prompt feedback
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
31.1
35.3
27.1
28.1
32.0
25.4
3: Good
%
53.1
51.7
54.4
54.3
52.6
57.2
2: Fair
%
14.7
12.2
17.2
16.6
14.4
15.6
1: Poor
%
1.0
0.8
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.7
Total
N
2,228
1,093
1,135
199
1,856
173
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Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
46.9
49.9
44.0
44.0
47.9
39.0
3: Good
%
46.0
44.5
47.5
49.0
45.3
50.6
2: Fair
%
6.2
5.2
7.2
6.0
6.0
9.3
1: Poor
%
0.8
0.5
1.2
1.0
0.8
1.2
Total
N
2,237
1,095
1,142
200
1,865
172
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Opportunity to learn cooperatively with fellow students
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
41.6
41.9
41.4
33.0
43.2
34.9
3: Good
%
45.6
46.4
44.8
50.5
44.5
51.2
2: Fair
%
11.4
11.2
11.7
14.5
11.1
11.6
1: Poor
%
1.4
0.5
2.2
2.0
1.2
2.3
Total
N
2,232
1,093
1,139
200
1,860
172
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Care about your academic success and welfare
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
39.8
42.7
37.1
30.0
40.9
39.5
3: Good
%
41.9
41.2
42.4
48.0
41.7
36.6
2: Fair
%
15.2
13.3
17.0
17.0
14.8
16.9
1: Poor
%
3.1
2.7
3.5
5.0
2.6
7.0
Total
N
2,227
1,091
1,136
200
1,855
172
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Evaluation on all eight measures
  NCSU Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Excellent
%
36.8
40.8
32.9
30.8
38.0
30.6
3: Good
%
54.3
51.7
56.7
56.7
53.5
59.5
2: Fair
%
8.4
7.1
9.7
11.9
8.1
7.5
1: Poor
%
0.5
0.4
0.7
0.5
0.4
2.3
Total
N
2,235
1,096
1,139
201
1,861
173
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For more information on the 2004-2005 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: October, 2005

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