North Carolina State University
2006 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 2006 Sophomore Survey. Tables comparing mean ratings are also available. For exact question wording, see the survey instrument, or click on the "Q" in the table headers below.
Intellectual Environment | Overall Instruction and Education | Faculty Contributions | Mentoring Experiences

Q Intellectual Environment

Intellectual environment on this campus	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Very strong	23.5%	24.3%	22.7%	26.5%	24.3%	13.5%
3: Strong	68.6%	68.8%	68.5%	67.4%	68.6%	70.7%
2: Weak	6.8%	6.0%	7.7%	5.3%	6.0%	15.8%
1: Very weak	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	0.8%	1.2%	0.0%

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Q Overall Instruction and Education

Overall quality of instruction	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	22.4%	23.5%	21.3%	18.3%	23.4%	17.2%
3: Good	66.1%	66.3%	65.9%	68.7%	66.0%	64.9%
2: Fair	10.0%	8.4%	11.6%	10.7%	9.2%	17.2%
1: Poor	1.5%	1.7%	1.2%	2.3%	1.5%	0.7%

Overall education at NC State	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	38.8%	40.7%	37.0%	35.9%	40.3%	28.9%
3: Good	53.4%	53.2%	53.7%	53.9%	52.8%	58.5%
2: Fair	7.0%	5.4%	8.5%	9.4%	6.3%	11.1%
1: Poor	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	1.5%

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Q Faculty Contributions

Set high expectations to learn	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	32.4%	36.1%	29.0%	27.6%	32.8%	34.1%
3: Good	61.3%	57.6%	64.8%	61.9%	61.9%	55.6%
2: Fair	6.1%	5.9%	6.2%	9.7%	5.2%	10.4%
1: Poor	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%

Respect diverse talents/ways of learning	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	19.8%	22.1%	17.7%	15.7%	20.3%	20.0%
3: Good	58.3%	54.5%	62.0%	56.0%	58.6%	57.8%
2: Fair	20.0%	21.5%	18.5%	24.6%	19.6%	18.5%
1: Poor	1.9%	2.0%	1.7%	3.7%	1.4%	3.7%

Encourage you to be actively involved	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	22.1%	23.1%	21.1%	19.4%	23.0%	16.3%
3: Good	58.0%	57.3%	58.7%	59.0%	57.4%	62.2%
2: Fair	18.4%	18.5%	18.3%	18.7%	18.4%	17.8%
1: Poor	1.5%	1.1%	1.9%	3.0%	1.1%	3.7%

Encourage student-faculty interaction	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	22.0%	21.7%	22.3%	17.2%	22.7%	20.9%
3: Good	53.8%	52.7%	54.8%	53.0%	54.7%	46.3%
2: Fair	21.4%	22.1%	20.8%	26.1%	20.1%	28.4%
1: Poor	2.8%	3.5%	2.0%	3.7%	2.5%	4.5%

Give you frequent and prompt feedback	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	22.9%	24.5%	21.5%	18.7%	24.1%	17.0%
3: Good	56.7%	54.9%	58.5%	59.0%	56.1%	60.0%
2: Fair	18.7%	19.2%	18.3%	20.1%	18.4%	20.7%
1: Poor	1.6%	1.4%	1.7%	2.2%	1.4%	2.2%

Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	32.8%	33.0%	32.5%	32.1%	33.1%	30.6%
3: Good	56.6%	57.3%	55.8%	56.7%	56.6%	56.0%
2: Fair	9.8%	8.7%	10.9%	10.4%	9.5%	11.9%
1: Poor	0.9%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	1.5%

Opp. to learn cooperatively w/ students	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	17.5%	18.4%	16.7%	16.4%	17.5%	19.3%
3: Good	53.4%	51.2%	55.5%	53.0%	53.9%	48.9%
2: Fair	26.7%	27.9%	25.6%	26.9%	26.6%	27.4%
1: Poor	2.3%	2.4%	2.3%	3.7%	2.0%	4.4%

Care about academic success and welfare	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	20.7%	21.5%	19.9%	15.0%	21.4%	20.0%
3: Good	52.5%	52.3%	52.6%	50.4%	53.0%	49.6%
2: Fair	23.4%	22.8%	24.1%	30.1%	22.6%	24.4%
1: Poor	3.5%	3.4%	3.5%	4.5%	3.1%	5.9%

General eval of instructors on 8 items	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	18.1%	19.3%	16.9%	11.5%	19.0%	16.3%
3: Good	70.0%	69.0%	71.0%	71.0%	70.0%	69.6%
2: Fair	11.0%	10.8%	11.2%	16.8%	10.3%	11.9%
1: Poor	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	2.2%

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Q Mentoring Experiences

Contrib to grwth: ind study w/ faculty	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	53.0%	50.0%	56.7%	40.0%	53.8%	55.6%
Some	36.4%	38.9%	33.3%	60.0%	36.5%	22.2%
A little	7.6%	8.3%	6.7%	0.0%	5.8%	22.2%
Not at all	3.0%	2.8%	3.3%	0.0%	3.8%	0.0%

Contrib to grwth: Non-course rsch w/ faculty	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	60.0%	56.7%	63.3%	83.3%	59.1%	50.0%
Some	31.7%	36.7%	26.7%	16.7%	36.4%	20.0%
A little	8.3%	6.7%	10.0%	0.0%	4.5%	30.0%

Contrib to grwth: Extension/pub svc proj	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	55.3%	52.2%	60.0%	83.3%	51.9%	40.0%
Some	36.8%	43.5%	26.7%	16.7%	44.4%	20.0%
A little	7.9%	4.3%	13.3%	0.0%	3.7%	40.0%

Contrib to grwth: Assist teaching	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	40.0%	40.0%	40.0%	42.9%	43.5%	14.3%
Some	51.7%	48.0%	54.3%	28.6%	50.0%	85.7%
A little	8.3%	12.0%	5.7%	28.6%	6.5%	0.0%

Contrib to grwth: reg mtg w/ faculty-acad	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	64.1%	63.6%	64.6%	59.6%	67.3%	48.8%
Some	30.6%	31.3%	29.8%	38.3%	26.8%	46.5%
A little	4.7%	4.5%	5.0%	0.0%	5.6%	4.7%
Not at all	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	2.1%	0.4%	0.0%

Contrib to grwth: reg mtg w/ faculty-prof	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	68.5%	69.4%	67.4%	78.8%	67.8%	58.3%
Some	25.0%	25.2%	24.7%	15.2%	26.6%	29.2%
A little	5.5%	5.4%	5.6%	3.0%	4.9%	12.5%
Not at all	1.0%	0.0%	2.2%	3.0%	0.7%	0.0%

Contrib to grwth: reg mtg w/ fac-nonacad	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	65.6%	62.5%	69.0%	70.8%	64.4%	57.1%
Some	30.0%	31.3%	28.6%	25.0%	30.5%	42.9%
A little	4.4%	6.3%	2.4%	4.2%	5.1%	0.0%

Contrib to grwth: work w/ fac on campus activities	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
A great deal	53.7%	50.0%	59.3%	51.9%	57.3%	35.3%
Some	39.5%	40.9%	37.3%	48.1%	35.0%	52.9%
A little	6.1%	8.0%	3.4%	0.0%	6.8%	11.8%
Not at all	0.7%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%

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For more information on the 2006 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: November, 2006

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