1998 Graduating Senior Survey: Faculty Contributions and Academic Environment
Graduating seniors were asked to rate the extent to which NC State had contributed to educational areas such as faculty contributions, instruction, intellectual environment, and overall education.Faculty Contributions
To measure faculty contributions, a four-point scale was used ( 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=excellent).
|
Fac. set high expectations (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Fair |
4.7 |
3.7 |
5.4 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
10.3 |
|
Good |
47.6 |
41.8 |
52.2 |
59.7 |
46.5 |
51.3 |
|
Excellent |
47.7 |
54.5 |
42.4 |
38.8 |
49.1 |
38.5 |
|
Fac. respect diverse talents (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
1.9 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
|
Fair |
16.5 |
16.2 |
16.7 |
22.4 |
16.0 |
17.9 |
|
Good |
55.2 |
53.2 |
56.8 |
47.8 |
56.0 |
52.6 |
|
Excellent |
26.3 |
28.7 |
24.5 |
25.4 |
26.3 |
26.9 |
|
Active learning encouraged by fac. (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.7 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
0 |
0.8 |
0 |
|
Fair |
13.6 |
11.3 |
15.5 |
19.7 |
13.1 |
14.1 |
|
Good |
47.7 |
47.2 |
48.0 |
45.5 |
47.4 |
52.6 |
|
Excellent |
38.0 |
41.3 |
35.4 |
34.8 |
38.6 |
33.3 |
|
Stud/fac. interaction encouraged by fac. (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
2.9 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
|
Fair |
18.6 |
16.4 |
20.4 |
26.9 |
18.2 |
16.7 |
|
Good |
42.2 |
42.0 |
42.4 |
43.3 |
42.1 |
42.3 |
|
Excellent |
36.2 |
39.1 |
34.0 |
28.4 |
36.7 |
37.2 |
|
Fac. feedback freq and prompt (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
|
Fair |
16.5 |
13.5 |
18.8 |
13.4 |
16.5 |
19.2 |
|
Good |
53.8 |
54.7 |
53.2 |
61.2 |
53.1 |
56.4 |
|
Excellent |
29.0 |
31.0 |
27.5 |
25.4 |
29.8 |
23.1 |
|
Coursework time/energy encour by fac. (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
|
Fair |
9.1 |
7.5 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
8.8 |
11.7 |
|
Good |
49.9 |
44.5 |
54.1 |
59.7 |
49.9 |
40.3 |
|
Excellent |
40.4 |
47.2 |
35.1 |
29.9 |
40.7 |
46.8 |
|
Opport. to learn with fellow students (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
2.6 |
|
Fair |
14.0 |
12.9 |
15.0 |
18.2 |
13.7 |
15.4 |
|
Good |
40.9 |
42.6 |
39.5 |
43.9 |
41.1 |
35.9 |
|
Excellent |
44.3 |
43.5 |
44.9 |
36.4 |
44.7 |
46.2 |
|
Fac. care about acad. success/welfare (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
3.2 |
1.5 |
4.6 |
6.0 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
|
Fair |
17.4 |
14.0 |
20.2 |
31.3 |
15.7 |
27.3 |
|
Good |
44.0 |
44.1 |
43.9 |
34.3 |
45.0 |
40.3 |
|
Excellent |
35.4 |
40.5 |
31.3 |
28.4 |
36.3 |
29.9 |
|
Overall rating of Faculty (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
|
Fair |
8.8 |
7.5 |
9.8 |
13.4 |
8.4 |
10.3 |
|
Good |
57.0 |
53.3 |
59.8 |
58.2 |
56.9 |
56.4 |
|
Excellent |
33.9 |
38.8 |
30.0 |
26.9 |
34.5 |
32.1 |
Academic Environment
To measure quality of instruction and overall education received at NC state, a four point scale ( 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=excellent) was used. A similar scale (1=very weak, 2=weak, 3=average, 4=strong) was used to measure intellectual environment.
|
Quality of Instruction in major (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
|
Fair |
5.6 |
4.2 |
6.7 |
7.5 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
|
Good |
37.4 |
35.0 |
39.3 |
38.8 |
36.6 |
46.2 |
|
Excellent |
56.3 |
60.2 |
53.2 |
53.7 |
57.2 |
47.4 |
|
Quality of Instruction overall (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
|
Fair |
17.7 |
13.6 |
20.9 |
18.2 |
17.2 |
23.4 |
|
Good |
63.7 |
65.5 |
62.2 |
56.1 |
64.3 |
62.3 |
|
Excellent |
18.2 |
20.7 |
16.3 |
25.8 |
18.0 |
14.3 |
NC State’s Intellectual Environment
|
Intellectual environment on campus (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
very weak |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
|
weak |
2.1 |
1.0 |
2.9 |
4.5 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
|
average |
23.0 |
22.7 |
23.2 |
28.4 |
22.5 |
24.4 |
|
strong |
55.7 |
55.5 |
55.8 |
44.8 |
56.7 |
52.6 |
|
very strong |
18.9 |
20.4 |
17.7 |
22.4 |
18.7 |
17.9 |
Overall Education Received at NC State
|
Overall quality of education (%) |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other Min. |
|
Poor |
0.2 |
0 |
0.3 |
0 |
0.2 |
0 |
|
Fair |
5.5 |
4.2 |
6.6 |
6.0 |
5.3 |
7.8 |
|
Good |
48.6 |
47.1 |
49.8 |
49.3 |
48.5 |
49.4 |
|
Excellent |
45.7 |
48.7 |
43.3 |
44.8 |
46.0 |
42.9 |