North Carolina State University
2004 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 2004 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.

Intellectual Environment | Overall Instruction and Education | Faculty Contributions

Q Intellectual Environment

Intellectual environment on this campus
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Very strong
23.2%
23.1%
23.3%
28.0%
23.0%
20.0%
3: Strong
69.1%
70.9%
67.1%
69.0%
69.4%
66.7%
2: Weak
7.4%
6.0%
9.1%
3.0%
7.4%
13.3%
1: Very weak
0.3%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
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Q Overall Instruction and Education

Overall quality of instruction
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
19.6%
20.0%
19.1%
15.0%
20.4%
15.7%
3: Good
65.0%
67.5%
62.2%
71.0%
64.4%
65.2%
2: Fair
14.1%
12.2%
16.3%
13.0%
14.0%
16.9%
1: Poor
1.3%
0.3%
2.3%
1.0%
1.2%
2.2%


Overall education at NC State
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
30.9%
33.1%
28.4%
31.0%
31.4%
24.7%
3: Good
59.2%
59.1%
59.3%
64.0%
58.6%
60.7%
2: Fair
9.4%
7.6%
11.4%
5.0%
9.5%
13.5%
1: Poor
0.5%
0.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.5%
1.1%
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Q Faculty Contributions

Set high expectations to learn
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
31.1%
33.7%
28.1%
32.0%
31.3%
27.5%
3: Good
61.4%
59.3%
63.7%
55.3%
62.2%
59.3%
2: Fair
7.3%
6.9%
7.9%
11.7%
6.5%
12.1%
1: Poor
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
1.0%
0.1%
1.1%


Respect diverse talents/ways of learning
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
18.2%
16.6%
19.9%
16.5%
18.5%
16.5%
3: Good
58.7%
59.2%
58.2%
52.4%
59.4%
58.2%
2: Fair
21.0%
22.0%
19.9%
26.2%
20.5%
20.9%
1: Poor
2.1%
2.2%
2.1%
4.9%
1.7%
4.4%


Encourage you to be actively involved
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
23.6%
25.2%
21.8%
24.3%
23.9%
19.8%
3: Good
56.8%
56.2%
57.4%
52.4%
57.0%
59.3%
2: Fair
18.6%
17.7%
19.5%
21.4%
18.2%
19.8%
1: Poor
1.1%
0.9%
1.2%
1.9%
1.0%
1.1%


Encourage student-faculty interaction
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
22.2%
22.5%
21.9%
18.4%
22.2%
26.4%
3: Good
51.2%
49.8%
52.8%
59.2%
51.1%
44.0%
2: Fair
23.8%
24.5%
23.0%
19.4%
24.3%
23.1%
1: Poor
2.7%
3.1%
2.3%
2.9%
2.4%
6.6%


Give you frequent and prompt feedback
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
19.7%
18.8%
20.8%
20.4%
19.3%
24.2%
3: Good
56.9%
57.7%
56.0%
56.3%
57.9%
46.2%
2: Fair
22.2%
22.7%
21.6%
20.4%
21.8%
28.6%
1: Poor
1.2%
0.8%
1.6%
2.9%
1.0%
1.1%


Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
32.3%
32.7%
31.9%
34.0%
32.2%
31.9%
3: Good
57.8%
57.7%
57.8%
51.5%
58.5%
56.0%
2: Fair
9.5%
8.9%
10.1%
12.6%
8.9%
12.1%
1: Poor
0.4%
0.6%
0.2%
1.9%
0.3%
0.0%


Opp. to learn cooperatively w/ students
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
18.1%
17.1%
19.2%
20.4%
18.1%
15.4%
3: Good
55.0%
56.2%
53.8%
46.6%
55.4%
60.4%
2: Fair
24.9%
25.4%
24.4%
29.1%
24.9%
20.9%
1: Poor
2.0%
1.4%
2.6%
3.9%
1.7%
3.3%


Care about academic success and welfare
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
18.6%
18.8%
18.4%
18.4%
18.6%
18.9%
3: Good
52.7%
53.8%
51.6%
51.5%
53.3%
47.8%
2: Fair
24.4%
24.0%
24.8%
23.3%
24.4%
25.6%
1: Poor
4.3%
3.5%
5.2%
6.8%
3.8%
7.8%


General eval of instructors on 8 items
All
Women
Men
AfAm
White
Other
4: Excellent
18.2%
17.0%
19.5%
15.5%
18.1%
22.0%
3: Good
68.9%
71.0%
66.6%
66.0%
70.3%
56.0%
2: Fair
12.3%
11.8%
12.9%
17.5%
11.0%
20.9%
1: Poor
0.6%
0.2%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
1.1%
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For more information on the 2004 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: September, 2004

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