This document reports survey data on gender and racial/ethnic differences in respondents� assessment of the academic environment at NC State. Specifically, results are presented for respondents� assessments of the intellectual environment on campus, the overall quality of instruction and the overall education they are receiving, the classroom environment, and faculty contributions. Survey results for all respondents are provided in "2002 Sophomore Student Survey: All Respondents." For information about the survey and analysis methods see "2002 Sophomore Student Survey: Introduction, Methods, and Student Demographic Profile." Exact question wording is available on the web, or by clicking on the "Q" in the table header.

Intellectual Enviroment | Overall Instruction and Education | Classroom Environment | Faculty Contributions

Q Intellectual Environment

	Mean Rating (Based on a scale where 4=�very strong� 3=�strong� 2=�weak� and 1=�very weak�)
	All	Women	Men	Af.Am.	White	Other
How do you characterize the intellectual environment on this campus?	3.08	3.11	3.05	3.02	3.11	2.90

Frequency Distributions: Gender/Ethnicity
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Q Overall Instruction and Education

	Mean Rating (Based on a scale where 4=�excellent� 3=�good� 2=�fair� and 1=�poor�)
	All	Women	Men	Af. Am	White	Other
Overall quality of instruction	2.99	3.06	2.93	2.82	3.03	2.80
Overall education at NC State	3.18	3.26	3.11	3.00	3.22	2.97

Frequency Distributions: Gender/Ethnicity
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Q Number of Classes Too Large to Learn Effectively

# Classes too large to learn effectively	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Four or more	12.8%	10.9%	14.6%	5.0%	13.2%	16.8%
Three	15.1%	15.5%	14.6%	22.3%	14.5%	13.6%
Two	27.8%	31.1%	24.6%	29.8%	28.0%	23.2%
One	16.9%	18.2%	15.7%	18.2%	16.5%	20.0%
None	27.4%	24.3%	30.4%	24.8%	27.8%	26.4%

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Q Number of Classes had Difficulty Understanding the Instructor�s English

# Classes difficulty understand instructor's English	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
Four or more	12.4%	8.3%	16.2%	7.3%	13.4%	6.3%
Three	15.1%	13.8%	16.4%	13.0%	15.5%	13.5%
Two	28.4%	27.3%	29.4%	34.1%	28.0%	26.2%
One	27.4%	32.1%	22.9%	32.5%	27.3%	23.8%
None	16.7%	18.4%	15.1%	13.0%	15.8%	30.2%

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Q Faculty Contributions

	Mean Rating (Based on a scale where 4=�excellent� 3=�good� 2=�fair� and 1=�poor�)
How well do faculty members�	All	Women	Men	Af. Am	White	Other
Set high expectations to learn	3.19	3.24	3.14	3.02	3.22	3.03
Respect diverse talents/ways of learning	2.86	2.89	2.83	2.63	2.89	2.76
Encourage you to be actively involved	2.90	2.96	2.84	2.81	2.93	2.71
Encourage student-faculty interaction	2.79	2.85	2.74	2.65	2.83	2.50
Give you frequent and prompt feedback	2.90	2.96	2.84	2.78	2.92	2.73
Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework	3.17	3.23	3.12	3.09	3.19	3.04
Opp. to learn cooperatively w/ students	2.80	2.85	2.74	2.67	2.83	2.60
Care about academic success and welfare	2.73	2.82	2.66	2.50	2.77	2.57
General eval of instructors on 8 items	2.96	3.02	2.90	2.80	2.99	2.79

Frequency Distributions: Gender/Ethnicity
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For more information on the 2002 Sophomore Student 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, 2002

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