North Carolina State University
2008 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 2008 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	28.7	31.2	25.9	35.1	29.8	17.8
3: Strong	62.5	62.6	62.4	55.3	62.5	66.9
2: Weak	8.1	6.1	10.4	8.5	7.3	13.4
1: Very weak	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.1	0.5	1.9

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Q Overall Instruction and Education

Overall quality of instruction	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	23.8	22.6	25.2	23.2	23.9	23.7
3: Good	65.4	68.6	61.7	63.2	66.6	58.3
2: Fair	9.7	8.3	11.3	12.6	8.9	14.1
1: Poor	1.0	0.4	1.8	1.1	0.6	3.8

Overall education at NC State	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	42.5	44.7	40.1	39.4	43.7	36.3
3: Good	50.7	50.6	50.8	52.1	50.6	51.0
2: Fair	6.2	4.7	8.0	7.4	5.3	12.1
1: Poor	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.5	0.6

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Q Faculty Contributions

Set high expectations to learn	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	37.8	40.2	35.1	33.3	38.6	34.8
3: Good	57.6	55.6	59.8	62.5	57.2	57.0
2: Fair	4.2	3.9	4.5	3.1	3.8	7.6
1: Poor	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.6

Respect diverse talents/ways of learning	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	24.2	26.1	22.1	25.3	23.9	25.9
3: Good	56.4	54.6	58.5	46.3	57.9	52.5
2: Fair	17.1	16.5	17.9	23.2	16.5	18.4
1: Poor	2.2	2.8	1.6	5.3	1.8	3.2

Encourage you to be actively involved	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	27.1	28.7	25.4	28.9	27.4	24.1
3: Good	53.9	52.9	55.0	50.5	54.5	51.9
2: Fair	17.4	16.7	18.2	17.5	16.6	22.8
1: Poor	1.6	1.7	1.4	3.1	1.5	1.3

Encourage student-faculty interaction	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	24.5	24.2	24.9	26.8	24.4	24.1
3: Good	49.8	48.5	51.3	39.2	50.6	50.6
2: Fair	23.0	25.3	20.5	30.9	22.6	21.5
1: Poor	2.7	2.1	3.3	3.1	2.5	3.8

Give you frequent and prompt feedback	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	24.8	23.7	26.0	27.8	25.1	20.9
3: Good	54.5	54.6	54.4	51.5	54.7	55.1
2: Fair	19.2	20.5	17.9	18.6	18.7	23.4
1: Poor	1.5	1.3	1.7	2.1	1.6	0.6

Encourage devoting time/energy to coursework	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	38.4	38.7	38.1	35.1	39.4	33.8
3: Good	52.2	51.9	52.6	52.6	51.9	54.1
2: Fair	8.8	8.7	8.9	10.3	8.3	11.5
1: Poor	0.5	0.7	0.3	2.1	0.4	0.6

Opp. to learn cooperatively w/ students	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	18.1	19.2	16.9	23.7	17.7	17.8
3: Good	55.1	54.3	56.0	43.3	56.3	54.1
2: Fair	24.2	24.0	24.4	28.9	23.9	23.6
1: Poor	2.6	2.5	2.7	4.1	2.2	4.5

Care about academic success and welfare	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	23.5	24.0	22.9	27.1	23.4	21.5
3: Good	52.2	52.6	51.8	38.5	53.1	54.4
2: Fair	20.4	20.0	20.7	28.1	19.8	19.6
1: Poor	3.9	3.4	4.6	6.3	3.7	4.4

General eval of instructors on 8 items	All	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
4: Excellent	21.0	20.4	21.7	17.0	21.3	21.5
3: Good	68.9	70.0	67.7	69.1	69.6	63.9
2: Fair	9.4	9.0	9.9	12.8	8.5	13.9
1: Poor	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.6

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Q Mentoring Experiences

Contrib to grwth: ind study w/ faculty		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.58	3.61	3.54	3.60	3.59	3.40
A great deal	%	64.1	72.2	53.6	80.0	64.8	40.0
Some	%	31.3	19.4	46.4	.	31.5	60.0
A little	%	3.1	5.6	.	20.0	1.9	.
Not at all	%	1.6	2.8	.	.	1.9	.
Total	N	64	36	28	5	54	5

Contrib to grwth: Non-course rsch w/ faculty		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.37	3.53	3.18	3.43	3.37	3.33
A great deal	%	51.6	64.7	35.7	57.1	51.9	33.3
Some	%	38.7	26.5	53.6	28.6	38.5	66.7
A little	%	4.8	5.9	3.6	14.3	3.8	.
Not at all	%	4.8	2.9	7.1	.	5.8	.
Total	N	62	34	28	7	52	3

Contrib to grwth: Extension/pub svc proj		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.39	3.47	3.30	3.20	3.40	3.43
A great deal	%	44.1	46.9	40.7	20.0	46.8	42.9
Some	%	50.8	53.1	48.1	80.0	46.8	57.1
A little	%	5.1	.	11.1	.	6.4	.
Total	N	59	32	27	5	47	7

Contrib to grwth: Assist teaching		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.30	3.44	3.15	3.57	3.21	3.60
A great deal	%	46.3	59.3	33.3	71.4	40.5	60.0
Some	%	37.0	25.9	48.1	14.3	40.5	40.0
A little	%	16.7	14.8	18.5	14.3	19.0	.
Total	N	54	27	27	7	42	5

Contrib to grwth: reg mtg w/ faculty-acad		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.57	3.59	3.53	3.61	3.59	3.41
A great deal	%	62.0	64.3	58.7	65.9	63.0	52.2
Some	%	33.7	31.7	36.7	29.5	33.1	41.3
A little	%	3.5	3.1	4.0	4.5	3.5	2.2
Not at all	%	0.8	0.9	0.7	.	0.4	4.3
Total	N	374	224	150	44	284	46

Contrib to grwth: reg mtg w/ faculty-prof		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.58	3.63	3.52	3.65	3.61	3.39
A great deal	%	64.9	69.3	58.2	64.7	67.8	48.4
Some	%	29.4	25.3	35.7	35.3	25.7	45.2
A little	%	4.8	4.0	6.1	.	6.0	3.2
Not at all	%	0.8	1.3	.	.	0.5	3.2
Total	N	248	150	98	34	183	31

Contrib to grwth: reg mtg w/ fac-nonacad		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.63	3.75	3.50	3.62	3.65	3.50
A great deal	%	67.3	77.2	57.1	65.4	70.7	50.0
Some	%	28.3	21.1	35.7	30.8	24.0	50.0
A little	%	4.4	1.8	7.1	3.8	5.3	.
Total	N	113	57	56	26	75	12

Contrib to grwth: work w/ fac on campus activities		NCSU	Women	Men	AfAm	White	Other
	Mean	3.42	3.54	3.22	3.42	3.43	3.37
A great deal	%	57.3	61.6	50.0	63.2	56.3	57.9
Some	%	31.8	31.3	32.8	21.1	33.6	31.6
A little	%	6.4	6.1	6.9	10.5	6.7	.
Not at all	%	4.5	1.0	10.3	5.3	3.4	10.5
Total	N	157	99	58	19	119	19

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For more information on the 2008 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: April, 2009

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