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GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEY - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-BOULDER
From the Graduate School Survey of graduating Masters and Doctoral students, Fall 1996-Summer 1997

**NOTE: Means are based on values of 1 to 4 (eg. 'poor' to 'excellent')

Aspects of graduate studies:
					       Not                                      ---Of those responding, pct who said---
					   Answered/Not      Number              Std
					    Applicable     Responding    Mean    Dev    Poor    Adequate    Good    Excellent

1) Quality of instruction: grad courses                        637       3.1     0.7     2%       16%       51%        30%
2) Quality of faculty mentoring                 2%             623       2.9     1.0    11%       20%       40%        28%
3) Quality of research experience              14%             547       2.9     1.0     9%       23%       36%        30%
4) Departmental advising/guidance               2%             625       2.6     1.0    16%       29%       30%        24%
5) Assistance finding profes employment        33%             425       2.2     1.1    34%       27%       21%        16%


Overall level of financial support received while at CU-Boulder:

					      Not                                                Less
					  Answered/Not      Number              Std              than
					   Applicable     Responding    Mean    Dev    Poor    Adequate    Adequate    Excellent

16) Overall level of financial support        18%             517       2.9     0.9     8%       19%         43%          28%


Primary reason for taking a formal leave of absence during graduate studies:

						Not
					    Answered/Not      Number                 
					     Applicable     Responding                   Other    Research-related    Personal    Financial

20) If left: reason for leave of absence        88%              73                       11%           20%             38%          30%


Agreement with the following statements about your thesis advisor or dissertation chair:

						Not
					    Answered/Not      Number              Std    Strongly                         Strongly
					     Applicable     Responding    Mean    Dev    Disagree    Disagree    Agree     Agree

21) Willing spend time on acad advising         19%             513       3.4     0.8       4%          9%        32%       53%
22) Met on reg basis to discuss research        28%             458       3.1     1.0       9%         14%        29%       46%
23) Made eff get financial supprt for me        45%             350       3.2     1.0      11%         12%        26%       49%
24) Encouraged and supported my research        28%             457       3.4     0.9       5%          9%        28%       56%


Which of the following BEST describes your time-to-degree?
								---Of those responding, pct who said---
			  Not                                      Shorter                  Longer
		      Answered/Not      Number                       than      Expected      than
		       Applicable     Responding                   Expected     Length     Expected

34) Time-to-degree         3%             618                         5%         62%         32%


Satisfaction with the following services provided by the Graduate School (not your department):

						Not                                                Less
					    Answered/Not      Number              Std              than
					     Applicable     Responding    Mean    Dev    Poor    Adequate    Adequate    Excellent

35) Advising for thesis/diss + deg reqs         21%             501       2.7     0.9    13%       20%         46%          19%
36) Financial aid advising                      38%             390       2.2     1.0    32%       26%         30%           9%
37) Student support (travel/diss grants)        36%             404       2.4     1.0    27%       23%         33%          15%
38) Grad student awards (teach,research)        42%             366       2.2     1.0    31%       31%         26%          11%


Experiences as a Teaching or Research Assistant during graduate study:

						Not                                                Less
					    Answered/Not      Number              Std              than
					     Applicable     Responding    Mean    Dev    Poor    Adequate    Adequate    Excellent

39) How effective TA or prof dev exprnc?        53%             298       3.3     0.8     4%       11%         31%          53%
40) How useful was Grad Teacher Program?        65%             217       2.6     1.0    17%       23%         42%          16%
41) How useful traing fr dept lead GPTI?        74%             164       2.5     1.0    23%       23%         34%          17%
42) How effective rsch asst as prof dev?        61%             245       3.3     0.9     5%       11%         29%          54%




Average # of Articles Published and Average # of Years to Complete Degree:
													      Pct who published X number of Articles
                                            N          Mean       Std Dev       Minimum       Maximum      None     One     Two   Three  Four or More
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30) Number of articles published          371           2.0           4.0           0.0          40.0**     66%     11%      8%      7%       8%
  
31) Number of years to complete MA        532           2.4           1.2           1.0          15.0
32) Number of years to complete PhD       162           5.2           2.0           1.0          18.0
33)*Number of years to complete both degs  98           7.2           2.6           3.5          20.0
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                                                                                               **(One person reported 107 articles -- not included).                                                         

*NOTE: There were a number of discrepancies in respondents' answers.  Most that could be corrected were, others were left as is:
10 respondents filled out #years for combined degree but left MA and PhD #years blank; and for 17 respondents the combined #years
did not match the MA+PhD years.

Also there were 21 respondents who did NOT report which degree they completed. (Their answers to ALL questions are shown in this report only
and not in the MA and PhD reports).



If starting your graduate career over--would you select:
								      Of those responding,
					      Dont                    Percent saying ...
					    Know/Not       Number
					   Applicable    Responding    No     Yes

6) CU-Boulder                                 23%            489       19%    80%
7) The same field of study                    13%            554       14%    85%
8) The same thesis/dissertation advisor       29%            452       19%    80%
9) Would recommend department to friend       23%            487       19%    80%


Indicate the types of support you received in Graduate School:

							   Number
							 Responding    No     Yes

10) Fellowship                                               638       70%    29%
11) Teaching assistantship                                   637       54%    45%
12) Research assistantship                                   638       63%    36%
13) Need-based financial aid/loans                           638       56%    43%
14) Personal/family ONLY                                     638       79%    20%
15) Other funding (identify)                                 638       77%    22%


Questions about the financial assistance you received at CU-Boulder:

						Not
					    Answered/Not      Number
					     Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

17) Financial support in dept awarded fairly?   15%             540       30%    70%

							      Number
							   Responding    No     Yes

18) Work off-campus during grad study?                          636       48%    51%
						Not
					    Answered/Not      Number
					     Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

19) Was work related to grad program?           23%             488       63%    36%


Questions regarding graduate opportunities:                               Of those responding,
						Not                       Percent saying ...
					    Answered/Not      Number
					     Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

25) Seminars for grad stdnts prsnt rsch?        22%             497       19%    80%
26) Ever present research at a seminar?         22%             493       63%    36%
27) Ever receive funding to go natl mtg?        24%             479       59%    40%
28) Ever deliver paper at national mtng?        22%             497       59%    40%
29) Faculty encourage you publish rsrch?        28%             453       32%    68%


Did you receive adequate instruction or experience in the following areas?

					      Not
					  Answered/Not      Number
					   Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

43) Research ethics?                          36%             405       47%    52%
44) Responsible conduct in your field?        29%             447       43%    56%
45) Sexual harassment (training)?             36%             408       59%    40%
46) Diversity?                                33%             427       51%    48%


Which item best describes your current status? 

							      Number
							    Responding    No     Yes

47) Postdoc fellowship/traineeship                              638       92%     7%
48) Faculty position in college/univer                          638       92%     7%
49) Research position in academia/indus                         638       87%    12%
50) Professional service career                                 638       78%    21%
51) Non-research pos in private industry                        638       86%    13%
52) Other position (SEE WRITE-INS)                              638       70%    29%

										 89% answered Questions 47-52 (11% missing)

						Not
					    Answered/Not      Number
					     Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

53) Position directly related to degree?        19%             512       18%    82%

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