Frequencies and Percentages1998 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).
|
Mean and Std. Dev. |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other |
|
Fac. set high expectations + |
3.43 |
3.51 |
3.37 |
3.37 |
3.45 |
3.28 |
|
|
0.58 |
0.57 |
0.58 |
0.52 |
0.58 |
0.64 |
|
Fac. respect diverse talents |
3.06 |
3.09 |
3.04 |
2.94 |
3.07 |
3.04 |
|
|
0.71 |
0.72 |
0.70 |
0.81 |
0.70 |
0.75 |
|
Active learning encouraged by fac. + |
3.23 |
3.30 |
3.18 |
3.15 |
3.24 |
3.19 |
|
|
0.70 |
0.67 |
0.72 |
0.73 |
0.70 |
0.67 |
|
Stud/fac. interaction encouraged by fac. |
3.12 |
3.18 |
3.07 |
2.99 |
3.13 |
3.13 |
|
|
0.81 |
0.79 |
0.82 |
0.79 |
0.81 |
0.83 |
|
Fac. feedback freq and prompt |
3.11 |
3.16 |
3.08 |
3.12 |
3.12 |
3.01 |
|
|
0.68 |
0.67 |
0.69 |
0.62 |
0.69 |
0.69 |
|
Coursework time/energy encour by fac. +,++ |
3.30 |
3.38 |
3.24 |
3.19 |
3.31 |
3.32 |
|
|
0.66 |
0.66 |
0.65 |
0.61 |
0.65 |
0.73 |
|
Opport. to learn with fellow students |
3.29 |
3.28 |
3.29 |
3.15 |
3.30 |
3.26 |
|
|
0.73 |
0.72 |
0.74 |
0.77 |
0.72 |
0.81 |
|
Fac. care about acad. success/welfare + |
3.11 |
3.24 |
3.02 |
2.85 |
3.14 |
2.97 |
|
|
0.80 |
0.74 |
0.84 |
0.91 |
0.79 |
0.83 |
|
Overall rating of faculty + |
3.24 |
3.30 |
3.20 |
3.10 |
3.26 |
3.19 |
|
|
0.62 |
0.62 |
0.61 |
0.68 |
0.61 |
0.67 |
+ Gender: p<0.01; ++ Ethnicity: p<0.01
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.
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 |
|
Mean and Std. Dev. |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other |
|
Intellectual environment on campus |
3.91 |
3.94 |
3.88 |
3.85 |
3.92 |
3.82 |
|
|
0.73 |
0.71 |
0.74 |
0.82 |
0.71 |
0.82 |
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 |
|
Mean and Std. Dev. |
All |
Female |
Male |
Af. Am. |
White |
Other |
|
Overall quality of education + |
3.40 |
3.45 |
3.36 |
3.39 |
3.40 |
3.35 |
|
|
0.60 |
0.58 |
0.62 |
0.60 |
0.60 |
0.62 |
+ Gender: p<0.01