North Carolina State University
2002 Sophomore Student Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Frequency Distributions
(Academic Environment)

This document reports the frequency distributions by gender and race/ethnicity for items related to "Academic Environment" on the 2002 Sophomore Survey. A table comparing mean ratings is available on the web. Exact question wording is available on the web or by clicking on the "Q" in the section heading of the tables.

 

 Q Intellectual Environment

Intellectual environment on this campus  All Women Men AfAm White Other
4: Very strong 19.3% 19.4% 19.2% 13.1% 20.8% 10.3%
3: Strong 70.1% 72.3% 67.9% 75.4% 69.5% 70.6%
2: Weak 10.1% 8.2% 12.0% 11.5% 9.3% 17.5%
1: Very weak 0.5% 0.1% 0.9% 0.0% 0.5% 1.6%
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Q Overall Instruction and Education

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Overall quality of instruction 17.2% 19.2% 15.3% 8.2% 18.5% 12.7%
4: Excellent
3: Good 66.2% 68.0% 64.5% 68.0% 66.9% 57.1%
2: Fair 15.3% 12.3% 18.2% 21.3% 13.5% 27.8%
1: Poor 1.3% 0.5% 2.0% 2.5% 1.1% 2.4%


  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Overall education at NC State 29.7% 33.6% 25.9% 17.2% 31.5% 23.0%
4: Excellent
3: Good 59.7% 59.1% 60.2% 65.6% 59.8% 52.4%
2: Fair 10.0% 6.9% 13.0% 17.2% 8.0% 23.0%
1: Poor 0.6% 0.4% 0.9% 0.0% 0.6% 1.6%
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Q Faculty Contributions

  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Set high expectations to learn 27.9% 30.0% 25.8% 19.5% 29.5% 19.0%
4: Excellent
3: Good 63.5% 64.4% 62.7% 65.9% 63.0% 66.7%
2: Fair 8.1% 5.2% 10.9% 12.2% 7.3% 12.7%
1: Poor 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 2.4% 0.2% 1.6%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Respect diverse talents/ways of learning 15.3% 17.3% 13.5% 11.4% 15.7% 15.1%
4: Excellent
3: Good 57.9% 56.9% 58.9% 47.2% 59.6% 50.8%
2: Fair 23.8% 23.1% 24.6% 34.1% 22.4% 29.4%
1: Poor 2.9% 2.8% 3.0% 7.3% 2.3% 4.8%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Encourage you to be actively involved 19.1% 21.9% 16.4% 12.4% 19.9% 16.7%
4: Excellent
3: Good 53.9% 54.3% 53.5% 59.5% 54.6% 41.3%
2: Fair 25.2% 22.1% 28.1% 24.8% 24.0% 38.1%
1: Poor 1.9% 1.7% 2.0% 3.3% 1.5% 4.0%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Encourage student-faculty interaction 17.5% 20.0% 15.0% 12.2% 18.6% 11.1%
4: Excellent
3: Good 48.2% 47.5% 48.9% 47.2% 49.4% 36.5%
2: Fair 30.4% 29.6% 31.1% 34.1% 28.7% 43.7%
1: Poor 4.0% 2.9% 5.0% 6.5% 3.3% 8.7%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Give you frequent and prompt feedback 18.5% 20.2% 16.8% 11.5% 19.4% 15.9%
4: Excellent
3: Good 54.9% 56.3% 53.6% 57.4% 55.5% 46.0%
2: Fair 24.4% 22.3% 26.5% 28.7% 23.2% 33.3%
1: Poor 2.2% 1.2% 3.1% 2.5% 1.9% 4.8%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework 30.3% 33.3% 27.4% 27.0% 31.1% 25.4%
4: Excellent
3: Good 57.5% 57.1% 57.8% 55.7% 58.0% 54.0%
2: Fair 11.6% 9.2% 13.9% 16.4% 10.4% 19.8%
1: Poor 0.6% 0.4% 0.9% 0.8% 0.6% 0.8%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Opp. to learn cooperatively w/ students 15.6% 17.3% 14.0% 11.4% 16.3% 12.7%
4: Excellent
3: Good 52.4% 52.4% 52.5% 48.8% 53.6% 43.7%
2: Fair 28.1% 28.8% 27.4% 35.0% 26.8% 34.9%
1: Poor 3.9% 1.6% 6.1% 4.9% 3.3% 8.7%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
Care about academic success and welfare 15.6% 17.0% 14.1% 9.1% 15.9% 18.3%
4: Excellent
3: Good 48.8% 52.0% 45.7% 42.1% 51.0% 32.5%
2: Fair 29.2% 26.3% 32.0% 38.0% 27.7% 37.3%
1: Poor 6.4% 4.6% 8.1% 10.7% 5.5% 11.9%
 
  All Women Men AfAm White Other
General eval of instructors on 8 items 14.0% 15.1% 13.0% 4.9% 15.1% 11.9%
4: Excellent
3: Good 69.0% 72.5% 65.8% 71.5% 69.9% 57.9%
2: Fair 15.9% 11.8% 19.9% 22.0% 14.3% 27.0%
1: Poor 1.0% 0.7% 1.4% 1.6% 0.8% 3.2%
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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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