North Carolina State University
2006 Sophomore Student Survey:
Gender and Racial/Ethnic Frequency Distributions
(Academic Services)

This document reports the frequency distributions by gender and race/ethnicity for items related to "Academic Services" 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.

Orientation for new students | Academic Advising | Academic Assistance and Tutoring Services | Library | Technology | Career-related services | Campus Bookstore

Q Orientation for new students

Length of orientation session	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	13.5	13.7	13.2	19.2	12.8	13.2
3: Good	57.6	57.7	57.5	60.8	57.0	58.8
2: Fair	22.6	22.5	22.6	18.4	23.3	20.2
1: Poor	6.4	6.1	6.8	1.6	6.8	7.9

Quality of orientation programs	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	14.1	13.6	14.6	15.4	14.0	13.9
3: Good	55.9	56.7	55.2	59.3	55.7	54.8
2: Fair	25.4	25.3	25.5	23.6	26.0	22.6
1: Poor	4.5	4.3	4.7	1.6	4.4	8.7

Helpfulness of orientation staff	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	31.2	30.7	31.7	27.6	31.6	31.3
3: Good	54.8	56.4	53.1	59.3	54.2	54.8
2: Fair	11.6	10.5	12.7	12.2	11.7	9.6
1: Poor	2.5	2.4	2.5	0.8	2.4	4.3

Orientations accomodations	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	16.1	15.6	16.5	11.8	16.5	16.7
3: Good	57.6	57.5	57.6	66.4	56.9	53.7
2: Fair	21.5	21.0	22.0	16.8	21.8	24.1
1: Poor	4.8	5.9	3.9	5.0	4.7	5.6

Overall effectiveness of orientation	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	16.7	17.6	15.9	19.2	16.4	17.4
3: Good	60.0	60.3	59.6	60.0	60.4	55.7
2: Fair	19.1	17.4	20.7	18.4	19.0	20.9
1: Poor	4.2	4.6	3.7	2.4	4.2	6.1

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Q Academic Advising

Access to advisor	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	38.7	39.2	38.3	34.6	38.1	48.1
3: Good	39.7	37.5	41.9	41.4	39.7	38.3
2: Fair	15.8	16.6	15.0	17.3	16.1	11.3
1: Poor	5.8	6.7	4.8	6.8	6.0	2.3

Sufficient time with advisor	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	34.0	34.4	33.6	27.7	33.2	47.4
3: Good	39.6	38.7	40.4	43.8	39.6	35.3
2: Fair	19.6	19.1	20.1	18.5	20.3	14.3
1: Poor	6.8	7.7	5.9	10.0	6.9	3.0

Accurate info on degree reqs/course sequencing	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	37.3	35.0	39.5	36.8	36.3	45.9
3: Good	38.2	35.4	40.9	33.8	38.9	36.1
2: Fair	17.7	20.2	15.3	21.1	17.7	14.3
1: Poor	6.8	9.5	4.3	8.3	7.0	3.8

Advisor knowledge of policies/procedures	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	31.3	28.6	33.9	28.9	30.6	40.0
3: Good	46.5	43.8	49.2	46.1	47.4	39.2
2: Fair	17.3	20.3	14.3	19.5	17.1	16.9
1: Poor	4.9	7.3	2.5	5.5	4.9	3.8

Academic advising services overall	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	33.8	35.0	32.6	30.3	33.1	42.9
3: Good	45.3	41.3	49.2	45.5	45.4	44.4
2: Fair	15.7	17.6	13.9	19.7	15.8	10.5
1: Poor	5.3	6.1	4.4	4.5	5.7	2.3

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Q Academic Assistance and Tutoring

Academic assistance in writing	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	25.3%	24.4%	26.1%	33.3%	23.5%	25.5%
3: Good	54.4%	53.4%	55.3%	47.0%	55.2%	59.6%
2: Fair	14.8%	13.5%	15.9%	12.1%	16.7%	6.4%
1: Poor	5.5%	8.8%	2.7%	7.6%	4.6%	8.5%

Academic assistance in reading	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	17.9%	17.6%	18.1%	17.0%	17.6%	21.2%
3: Good	56.9%	53.7%	59.3%	55.3%	56.7%	60.6%
2: Fair	19.5%	19.9%	19.2%	21.3%	20.2%	12.1%
1: Poor	5.7%	8.8%	3.3%	6.4%	5.5%	6.1%

Academic assistance in mathematics	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	30.9%	32.0%	30.0%	37.1%	30.1%	29.2%
3: Good	52.8%	51.6%	53.9%	51.7%	53.9%	46.2%
2: Fair	12.7%	12.1%	13.3%	10.1%	13.0%	13.8%
1: Poor	3.5%	4.2%	2.9%	1.1%	3.0%	10.8%

Academic assistance in study skills	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	21.2%	20.6%	21.8%	15.0%	22.7%	20.0%
3: Good	57.8%	53.7%	61.1%	58.3%	59.1%	47.5%
2: Fair	16.6%	17.7%	15.6%	20.0%	14.7%	25.0%
1: Poor	4.4%	8.0%	1.4%	6.7%	3.5%	7.5%

Academic assistance in foreign language	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	25.2%	25.4%	25.1%	29.5%	24.7%	23.5%
3: Good	51.5%	50.7%	52.1%	45.5%	54.3%	41.2%
2: Fair	16.9%	18.7%	15.6%	18.2%	15.2%	26.5%
1: Poor	6.3%	5.2%	7.2%	6.8%	5.8%	8.8%

Academic assistance in computer science	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	25.3%	21.4%	27.4%	22.9%	25.6%	25.6%
3: Good	52.7%	55.7%	51.0%	54.2%	53.4%	46.5%
2: Fair	16.9%	16.0%	17.4%	18.8%	15.7%	23.3%
1: Poor	5.1%	6.9%	4.1%	4.2%	5.3%	4.7%

Academic assistance in science	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	37.9%	39.2%	36.5%	32.1%	39.3%	33.8%
3: Good	48.3%	45.2%	51.6%	54.3%	48.0%	44.2%
2: Fair	11.3%	11.3%	11.4%	9.9%	10.4%	19.5%
1: Poor	2.5%	4.3%	0.6%	3.7%	2.3%	2.6%

Academic help services overall	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	25.2%	26.1%	24.4%	25.5%	25.7%	21.2%
3: Good	60.3%	60.0%	60.6%	61.8%	60.6%	56.5%
2: Fair	12.5%	10.8%	14.3%	10.8%	12.2%	16.5%
1: Poor	1.9%	3.1%	0.7%	2.0%	1.4%	5.9%

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Q Library

Library hours of operation	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	69.6%	69.0%	70.2%	70.9%	69.4%	70.2%
3: Good	28.3%	28.9%	27.8%	28.3%	28.5%	26.7%
2: Fair	1.7%	1.6%	1.8%	0.0%	1.8%	2.3%
1: Poor	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.8%

Staff responsiveness	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	41.9%	40.6%	43.1%	44.4%	41.2%	44.5%
3: Good	49.1%	48.3%	49.9%	44.4%	50.0%	46.4%
2: Fair	7.9%	9.7%	6.1%	8.3%	7.8%	8.2%
1: Poor	1.2%	1.5%	0.9%	2.8%	1.0%	0.9%

Access to databases and collections	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	49.7%	48.1%	51.3%	49.2%	50.5%	43.5%
3: Good	43.4%	44.4%	42.3%	44.4%	42.4%	50.8%
2: Fair	6.2%	6.4%	6.1%	4.0%	6.6%	5.6%
1: Poor	0.7%	1.1%	0.3%	2.4%	0.6%	0.0%

Training to use library	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	30.8%	28.3%	33.2%	33.6%	30.0%	34.8%
3: Good	46.5%	45.3%	47.7%	39.1%	47.6%	44.3%
2: Fair	18.2%	21.1%	15.3%	23.6%	18.1%	13.9%
1: Poor	4.6%	5.4%	3.7%	3.6%	4.4%	7.0%

Library services overall	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	46.7%	45.1%	48.3%	42.4%	47.1%	47.6%
3: Good	49.8%	51.3%	48.3%	53.6%	49.8%	46.0%
2: Fair	3.2%	3.0%	3.5%	2.4%	3.0%	6.3%
1: Poor	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%

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Q Technology

Access to the Internet	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	68.2%	66.3%	69.9%	64.9%	69.5%	59.7%
3: Good	28.5%	30.5%	26.5%	29.8%	27.5%	35.8%
2: Fair	2.7%	2.6%	2.9%	4.6%	2.4%	3.7%
1: Poor	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%

Hrs of op for comp center labs and help	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	54.5%	52.5%	56.2%	62.0%	53.6%	54.3%
3: Good	39.8%	41.4%	38.4%	36.4%	40.6%	37.0%
2: Fair	4.9%	4.8%	5.0%	0.8%	5.1%	7.1%
1: Poor	0.8%	1.3%	0.4%	0.8%	0.7%	1.6%

Access to up-to-date facilities	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	51.0%	49.8%	52.0%	54.4%	51.4%	44.5%
3: Good	43.4%	44.9%	42.1%	40.8%	43.2%	47.7%
2: Fair	5.0%	4.4%	5.5%	4.0%	4.9%	7.0%
1: Poor	0.6%	0.8%	0.4%	0.8%	0.5%	0.8%

Access to trained staff for help	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	35.3%	36.3%	34.3%	38.3%	34.8%	36.1%
3: Good	48.4%	49.1%	47.8%	48.6%	48.2%	50.0%
2: Fair	13.5%	11.5%	15.3%	11.2%	14.0%	11.1%
1: Poor	2.8%	3.1%	2.6%	1.9%	2.9%	2.8%

Technology training classes	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	35.2%	35.3%	35.0%	41.3%	34.6%	34.5%
3: Good	50.5%	49.6%	51.1%	45.3%	51.3%	48.3%
2: Fair	12.1%	11.6%	12.5%	10.7%	12.1%	13.8%
1: Poor	2.3%	3.6%	1.4%	2.7%	2.1%	3.4%

Technology services overall	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	46.5%	44.8%	48.0%	45.5%	47.0%	43.2%
3: Good	49.4%	51.0%	48.0%	52.0%	49.1%	50.0%
2: Fair	3.8%	3.6%	4.0%	1.6%	3.7%	6.8%
1: Poor	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%

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Q Career-Related Services

Opportunity for career assistance	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	36.3%	36.9%	35.8%	36.7%	36.4%	35.2%
3: Good	53.5%	50.9%	55.8%	54.4%	53.7%	50.0%
2: Fair	8.3%	9.3%	7.4%	6.7%	8.3%	10.2%
1: Poor	1.9%	2.9%	1.0%	2.2%	1.6%	4.5%

Info. on internships/co-op/other	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	36.6%	36.1%	37.1%	36.6%	36.7%	35.8%
3: Good	48.0%	45.8%	50.1%	48.5%	48.5%	43.4%
2: Fair	12.5%	15.1%	10.2%	9.9%	12.4%	16.0%
1: Poor	2.9%	3.1%	2.7%	5.0%	2.4%	4.7%

Resources to explore career options	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	35.5%	37.0%	34.1%	35.0%	35.3%	38.0%
3: Good	49.1%	46.7%	51.4%	51.0%	49.8%	41.0%
2: Fair	12.8%	12.2%	13.4%	12.0%	12.7%	15.0%
1: Poor	2.6%	4.1%	1.1%	2.0%	2.2%	6.0%

Info. avail through computers/Internet	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	38.8%	40.1%	37.5%	41.0%	37.9%	44.8%
3: Good	49.8%	48.2%	51.4%	49.5%	51.1%	39.0%
2: Fair	9.6%	9.3%	9.9%	7.6%	9.6%	12.4%
1: Poor	1.7%	2.4%	1.1%	1.9%	1.5%	3.8%

Career-related services overall	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	33.6%	33.6%	33.7%	32.0%	33.4%	36.9%
3: Good	54.4%	53.1%	55.6%	57.3%	55.1%	44.7%
2: Fair	10.4%	10.7%	10.1%	8.7%	10.1%	14.6%
1: Poor	1.6%	2.6%	0.7%	1.9%	1.3%	3.9%

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Q Campus Bookstore

Avail of books/supplies at bookstore	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	26.7%	27.3%	26.2%	21.2%	27.3%	27.3%
3: Good	51.3%	53.5%	49.2%	56.1%	52.1%	39.8%
2: Fair	17.2%	15.4%	19.0%	15.9%	16.6%	23.4%
1: Poor	4.8%	3.9%	5.7%	6.8%	4.0%	9.4%

Virtual Advising Center Web site	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	28.2%	31.3%	25.4%	29.9%	27.9%	28.9%
3: Good	61.1%	59.9%	62.3%	55.2%	62.6%	56.6%
2: Fair	8.4%	5.8%	10.8%	10.3%	7.6%	11.8%
1: Poor	2.3%	3.0%	1.5%	4.6%	1.9%	2.6%

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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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