North Carolina State University
2006-2007 Graduating Senior Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons of Academic Services
(Frequency Distributions)

This document reports frequency distributions by gender and race/ethnicity of survey items #11-16 of the "2006-2007 Graduating Senior Survey." Tables comparing mean ratings are available in "2006-2007 Graduating Senior Survey: Gender and Racial/Ethnic Comparisons of Academic Services.

Exact wording of question: Based on your last two years on this campus, how would you evaluate each of the following? (If you have not had enough experience with a service to evaluate it, please mark the response "Don't know/did not use" and then skip to the next service.)

Respondents selecting "don't know/did not use" have been excluded from the figures reported in this document.

Academic Advising (In Major) | Research Support | Library Services | Technology Services | Career-related Services | Employment Services

Q Academic Advising in Your Major

Advising: Access to advisor		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	39.6	40.5	38.7	40.2	39.8	37.5
3: Good	%	37.4	38.7	36.0	37.6	36.9	42.7
2: Fair	%	15.6	14.7	16.5	14.8	15.8	13.5
1: Poor	%	7.4	6.1	8.7	7.4	7.5	6.3
Total	N	2346	1236	1110	189	1965	192

Advising: Sufficient time with advisor		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	36.7	36.6	36.9	35.5	37.0	35.6
3: Good	%	35.6	36.7	34.3	40.3	35.2	35.1
2: Fair	%	18.8	18.5	19.1	15.6	18.9	20.7
1: Poor	%	8.9	8.2	9.6	8.6	8.9	8.5
Total	N	2324	1222	1102	186	1950	188

Advising: Accurate info. about degree req./courses		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	37.2	37.5	36.8	37.8	37.2	36.1
3: Good	%	36.0	37.5	34.4	38.8	35.6	37.7
2: Fair	%	18.0	17.6	18.5	15.4	18.3	17.8
1: Poor	%	8.8	7.4	10.3	8.0	8.9	8.4
Total	N	2359	1236	1123	188	1980	191

Advising: Knowledge of policies/procedures		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	34.2	33.8	34.5	34.2	34.6	29.8
3: Good	%	41.4	43.4	39.2	38.0	41.3	46.3
2: Fair	%	18.9	18.3	19.6	22.8	18.7	17.6
1: Poor	%	5.5	4.5	6.6	4.9	5.5	6.4
Total	N	2316	1215	1101	184	1944	188

Academic advising overall		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	35.4	36.1	34.6	36.3	35.4	34.7
3: Good	%	39.1	40.0	38.2	39.5	39.1	38.9
2: Fair	%	17.9	17.1	18.8	17.4	17.9	18.7
1: Poor	%	7.6	6.8	8.4	6.8	7.6	7.8
Total	N	2364	1237	1127	190	1981	193

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Q Research Support

Research: Access to faculty involved in research		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	28.8	27.5	30.5	25.4	29.0	30.6
3: Good	%	48.0	48.0	47.9	50.0	47.6	49.6
2: Fair	%	16.7	17.4	15.8	19.0	16.4	16.5
1: Poor	%	6.5	7.2	5.8	5.6	7.0	3.3
Total	N	1391	765	626	126	1144	121

Research: Access to up-to-date facilities		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	31.4	31.5	31.3	34.8	31.3	29.3
3: Good	%	48.3	45.3	51.9	52.3	47.9	47.8
2: Fair	%	15.4	16.8	13.7	11.0	15.6	17.2
1: Poor	%	4.9	6.4	3.1	1.9	5.1	5.7
Total	N	1737	939	798	155	1425	157

Research: opps to do research/creative projects		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	30.4	28.2	33.1	30.3	30.2	32.1
3: Good	%	44.6	44.8	44.4	45.5	44.3	46.7
2: Fair	%	18.0	19.4	16.3	16.7	18.4	15.3
1: Poor	%	7.0	7.6	6.3	7.6	7.1	5.8
Total	N	1535	852	683	132	1266	137

Research support overall		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	25.2	23.6	27.1	23.3	25.4	25.7
3: Good	%	50.9	50.8	51.0	52.7	50.5	53.4
2: Fair	%	18.9	20.2	17.5	19.9	19.1	16.9
1: Poor	%	4.9	5.4	4.3	4.1	5.1	4.1
Total	N	1705	923	782	146	1411	148

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Q Technology Services

Tech: Access to Internet		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	63.2	64.4	61.9	66.7	62.8	64.0
3: Good	%	33.0	31.7	34.4	30.2	33.3	33.0
2: Fair	%	3.3	3.3	3.3	2.6	3.4	2.5
1: Poor	%	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Total	N	2389	1253	1136	189	2003	197

Tech: Hours of operation for computer labs		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	45.0	44.7	45.4	51.1	44.7	42.1
3: Good	%	43.2	41.8	44.8	41.5	43.1	45.7
2: Fair	%	10.0	11.4	8.4	6.9	10.3	10.2
1: Poor	%	1.8	2.0	1.4	0.5	1.8	2.0
Total	N	2341	1232	1109	188	1956	197

Tech: Access to up-to-date facilities		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	45.6	45.0	46.4	49.7	45.3	45.3
3: Good	%	46.2	45.8	46.7	46.0	46.3	45.3
2: Fair	%	6.5	7.1	5.9	3.7	6.7	7.8
1: Poor	%	1.6	2.1	1.1	0.5	1.7	1.6
Total	N	2347	1239	1108	187	1968	192

Tech: Access to trained staff for help		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	27.7	27.6	27.8	27.3	27.2	32.9
3: Good	%	45.8	42.7	49.2	52.3	45.6	41.3
2: Fair	%	20.6	22.4	18.6	18.0	20.9	19.8
1: Poor	%	5.9	7.2	4.4	2.3	6.3	6.0
Total	N	1982	1035	947	172	1643	167

Tech: Training classes		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	30.9	31.9	29.5	33.3	30.1	35.3
3: Good	%	43.8	40.8	48.1	46.7	43.7	42.0
2: Fair	%	19.0	21.0	16.2	16.7	19.5	16.8
1: Poor	%	6.3	6.4	6.3	3.3	6.7	5.9
Total	N	1296	753	543	120	1057	119

Technology services overall		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	36.1	36.5	35.7	38.5	36.1	34.7
3: Good	%	54.6	53.0	56.5	56.1	54.9	50.0
2: Fair	%	8.4	9.6	7.0	4.8	8.1	14.8
1: Poor	%	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.5
Total	N	2369	1250	1119	187	1986	196

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Q Library Services

Library: Hours of operation		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	64.3	63.7	65.0	64.7	64.0	67.0
3: Good	%	33.3	33.3	33.2	33.2	33.6	30.4
2: Fair	%	2.1	2.4	1.7	1.6	2.1	2.6
1: Poor	%	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.0
Total	N	2319	1209	1110	187	1941	191

Library: Staff responsiveness		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	44.4	45.1	43.6	42.3	44.5	45.5
3: Good	%	47.4	46.4	48.6	48.0	47.6	45.5
2: Fair	%	7.4	7.6	7.0	9.1	7.2	7.4
1: Poor	%	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.7
Total	N	2094	1085	1009	175	1743	176

Library: Access to databases/collections		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	49.6	50.4	48.8	54.7	49.5	45.7
3: Good	%	44.6	43.7	45.6	40.9	44.6	48.4
2: Fair	%	5.1	5.3	4.9	4.4	5.2	5.4
1: Poor	%	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.5
Total	N	2229	1153	1076	181	1862	186

Library: Training to use library		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	34.1	34.3	33.8	32.9	34.3	32.5
3: Good	%	43.2	42.9	43.5	44.9	43.3	40.6
2: Fair	%	17.4	17.2	17.7	18.4	17.1	19.4
1: Poor	%	5.3	5.6	5.0	3.8	5.2	7.5
Total	N	1893	988	905	158	1575	160

Library services overall		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	44.3	45.9	42.6	44.3	44.3	44.0
3: Good	%	51.5	49.2	54.0	53.0	51.4	50.8
2: Fair	%	3.9	4.6	3.2	2.7	3.9	4.7
1: Poor	%	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5
Total	N	2318	1207	1111	185	1942	191

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Q Career-related Services

Career: Oppor. for career assistance		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	34.4	33.6	35.4	28.8	34.5	38.6
3: Good	%	49.1	49.8	48.3	57.5	48.7	44.9
2: Fair	%	12.4	13.2	11.6	11.0	12.4	14.6
1: Poor	%	4.0	3.5	4.7	2.7	4.4	1.9
Total	N	1656	882	774	146	1352	158

Career: Info. on internships, co-op, etc.		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	35.7	36.6	34.7	33.3	35.7	37.5
3: Good	%	45.4	45.6	45.2	49.4	44.8	47.6
2: Fair	%	14.1	13.3	15.0	17.3	13.9	12.5
1: Poor	%	4.8	4.5	5.1	0.0	5.6	2.4
Total	N	1838	971	867	162	1508	168

Career: Resources available to explore options		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	32.1	33.4	30.7	32.5	31.6	36.8
3: Good	%	47.0	46.8	47.2	50.3	46.6	47.2
2: Fair	%	15.9	14.9	17.0	15.9	16.1	14.1
1: Poor	%	5.0	5.0	5.1	1.3	5.8	1.8
Total	N	1752	928	824	157	1432	163

Career: Info. through Internet and other technology		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	35.9	35.3	36.6	32.5	36.2	36.6
3: Good	%	49.1	49.7	48.3	55.4	48.6	47.1
2: Fair	%	12.1	12.2	12.0	10.8	11.9	15.1
1: Poor	%	2.9	2.8	3.1	1.2	3.3	1.2
Total	N	1846	971	875	166	1508	172

Career-related services overall		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	30.8	31.5	29.9	30.7	30.3	35.1
3: Good	%	51.2	50.9	51.5	53.6	51.5	45.6
2: Fair	%	14.3	14.1	14.4	15.1	13.9	17.0
1: Poor	%	3.8	3.5	4.2	0.6	4.3	2.3
Total	N	1886	997	889	166	1549	171

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Q Employment Services

Employment: Resume preparation		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	37.3	37.2	37.5	39.1	36.4	44.0
3: Good	%	44.3	44.7	43.8	47.1	44.0	44.0
2: Fair	%	14.0	13.8	14.2	13.8	14.8	6.7
1: Poor	%	4.4	4.3	4.6	0.0	4.8	5.3
Total	N	1589	847	742	138	1301	150

Employment: interview prep skills		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	29.5	28.6	30.5	34.1	28.1	36.8
3: Good	%	43.5	44.0	43.0	46.8	43.2	42.9
2: Fair	%	19.6	20.6	18.4	19.0	20.2	15.0
1: Poor	%	7.4	6.8	8.1	0.0	8.5	5.3
Total	N	1388	748	640	126	1129	133

Employment: access to career fairs, job listings, etc.		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	38.4	38.8	38.0	38.4	38.8	35.6
3: Good	%	42.8	42.7	42.9	45.9	41.9	47.5
2: Fair	%	14.3	14.1	14.6	15.1	14.3	13.8
1: Poor	%	4.4	4.4	4.5	0.6	5.0	3.1
Total	N	1805	956	849	159	1486	160

Employment search assistance overall		NCSU	Men	Women	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	%	29.2	30.1	28.3	26.5	29.0	34.4
3: Good	%	49.4	47.7	51.3	56.3	48.6	50.0
2: Fair	%	16.8	17.3	16.3	15.9	17.5	11.0
1: Poor	%	4.6	4.9	4.2	1.3	4.9	4.5
Total	N	1778	943	835	151	1473	154

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For more information on the 2006-2007 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: December, 2007. Updated: September, 2008.

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