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GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEY: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-BOULDER	
From the Graduate School Survey of graduating DOCTORAL and MASTERS students, Fall 1997-Summer 1998

*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                        650       3.1     0.7     1%       16%       50%        31%
2) Quality of faculty mentoring                 1%             641       2.9     0.9     9%       22%       38%        30%
3) Quality of research experience              17%             541       3.0     0.9     6%       20%       41%        31%
4) Departmental advising/guidance               1%             641       2.7     1.0    15%       24%       34%        25%
5) Assistance finding profes employment        32%             442       2.4     1.1    25%       30%       25%        18%


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        23%             502       3.0     0.8     8%       13%         52%          25%


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        85%              93                     15%           10%             54%        19%


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%             526       3.4     0.8       4%          5%        33%       57%
22) Met on reg basis to discuss research        30%             456       3.2     0.9       8%         11%        35%       45%
23) Made eff get financial supprt for me        45%             356       3.2     1.0      10%         10%        26%       52%
24) Encouraged and supported my research        27%             473       3.5     0.8       3%          7%        30%       59%


Which of the following BEST describes your time-to-degree?

                          Not                                      Shorter                  Longer
                      Answered/Not      Number                       than      Expected      than
                       Applicable     Responding                   Expected     Length     Expected

34) Time-to-degree         2%             634                         4%         64%         31%


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         23%             500       2.9     0.9     9%       14%         51%          25%
36) Financial aid advising                      44%             359       2.4     1.0    24%       24%         41%           9%
37) Student support (travel/diss grants)        42%             376       2.6     1.0    16%       25%         41%          17%
38) Grad student awards (teach,research)        45%             358       2.5     1.0    19%       27%         39%          13%


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?        51%             319       3.5     0.7     2%        4%         38%          54%
40) How useful was Grad Teacher Program?        64%             233       2.7     0.9    12%       20%         48%          18%
41) How useful traing fr dept lead GPTI?        71%             189       2.6     0.9    16%       22%         44%          15%
42) How effective rsch asst as prof dev?        63%             241       3.5     0.7     1%        6%         34%          58%


Average # of articles published and average # of years to complete degree:                             Pct publishing X number of articles

                                         N           Mean       Std Dev        Minimum       Maximum   None  One   Two  Three  Four  Five or >
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------
30: Number of articles published        648           1.0           2.3           0.0          26.0     68%   8%    9%    5%    4%     6%
31: Number of years to complete MA      558           2.4           0.9           1.0           6.5
32: Number of years to complete PhD     181           5.3           1.8           1.0          10.0
33: Num of years to complete both degs  105           7.0           2.5           3.5          16.0
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								*Note: Four outliers were removed from the Mean # of articles published.
                                                                 These four respondents reported: 35, 65, 70, and 100 published articles.


If starting your graduate career over--Would you select:

                                              Dont
                                            Know/Not       Number
                                           Applicable    Responding    No     Yes

6) CU-Boulder                                 21%            512       16%    83%
7) The same field of study                    10%            582       13%    86%
8) The same thesis/dissertation advisor       29%            462       18%    81%
9) Would recommend department to friend       21%            509       15%    84%


Indicate the types of support you received in Graduate School:
                                             
                                                        Number
                                                      Responding    No     Yes

10) Fellowship                                            652       67%    32%
11) Teaching assistantship                                652       52%    47%
12) Research assistantship                                652       65%    34%
13) Need-based financial aid/loans                        652       58%    41%
14) Personal/family ONLY                                  651       79%    20%
15) Other funding (identify)                              652       76%    23%


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

                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

17) Fin support w/i dept awarded fairly?        15%             548       25%    74%


Questions about the financial assistance you received at CU-Boulder:
                                                 
                                                            Number
                                                          Responding    No     Yes

18) Work off-campus during grad study?                        652       50%    49%


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

                                             Not
                                         Answered/Not      Number
                                          Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

19) Was work related to grad program?        25%             486       65%    34%


Questions regarding graduate opportunities:

                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

25) Seminars for grad stdnts prsnt rsch?        20%             516       17%    82%
26) Ever present research at a seminar?         24%             491       60%    39%
27) Ever receive funding to go natl mtg?        25%             483       61%    38%
28) Ever deliver paper at national mtng?        24%             495       61%    38%
29) Faculty encourage you publish rsrch?        35%             418       34%    65%


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

                                              Not
                                          Answered/Not      Number
                                           Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

43) Research ethics?                          34%             429       42%    57%
44) Responsible conduct in your field?        28%             463       39%    60%
45) Sexual harassment (training)?             30%             452       50%    49%
46) Diversity?                                31%             447       56%    43%


Which item best describes your current status? (mark one item only):
                                                
                                                            Total N of   Percent who
                                                            Respondents  marked ...

47) Postdoc fellowship/traineeship                              652           9%
48) Faculty position in college/univer                          652           8%
49) Research position in academia/indus                         652           8%
50) Professional service career                                 652          19%
51) Non-research pos in private industry                        652          15%
52) Other position (SEE WRITE-INS)                              652          32%

									     95% answered Qs 47-52 (5% missing)

Is position related to your degree?
                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

53) Position directly related to degree?        15%             550       16%    83%

Last revision 12/19/03