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Doctoral degree students, 1997-98

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

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

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

1) Quality of instruction: grad courses                        181       3.0     0.7     2%       17%       54%        26%
2) Quality of faculty mentoring                 1%             179       3.0     0.9     6%       18%       43%        32%
3) Quality of research experience               2%             177       3.2     0.8     5%       10%       43%        40%
4) Departmental advising/guidance               1%             178       2.7     1.0    12%       30%       34%        22%
5) Assistance finding profes employment        19%             145       2.6     1.1    20%       28%       26%        25%


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           6%             169       3.1     0.8     4%       14%         50%          29%


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%              20                       10%           10%             60%          20%


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                         181       3.5     0.7       2%          6%        28%       62%
22) Met on reg basis to discuss research         1%             178       3.3     0.9       6%          7%        34%       51%
23) Made eff get financial supprt for me        13%             157       3.5     0.8       5%          4%        27%       63%
24) Encouraged and supported my research         1%             179       3.6     0.7       2%          3%        27%       66%


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

                                                                   Shorter                  Longer
                                        Number                       than      Expected      than
                                      Responding                   Expected     Length     Expected

34) Time-to-degree                        181                         3%         40%         56%


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          3%             174       3.1     0.8     4%       10%         51%          33%
36) Financial aid advising                      45%              99       2.4     0.9    21%       22%         47%           9%
37) Student support (travel/diss grants)        19%             145       2.9     0.9     7%       20%         44%          26%
38) Grad student awards (teach,research)        32%             123       2.7     0.9     8%       30%         43%          17%


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?        20%             143       3.4     0.7     2%        4%         43%          49%
40) How useful was Grad Teacher Program?        48%              93       2.7     0.9    11%       22%         46%          19%
41) How useful traing fr dept lead GPTI?        60%              72       2.6     0.9    13%       30%         40%          15%
42) How effective rsch asst as prof dev?        24%             137       3.5     0.7               8%         27%          63%


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 >
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30: Number of articles published        181           2.9           3.0           0.0        20.0    21%  13%  22%   14%   11%     19%

31: Number of years to complete MA      105           2.4           0.9           1.0         6.0
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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If starting your graduate career over--Would you select:

                                              Dont
                                            Know/Not       Number
                                           Applicable    Responding    No     Yes

6) CU-Boulder                                 25%            134       14%    85%
7) The same field of study                    11%            161        9%    90%
8) The same thesis/dissertation advisor       14%            155       14%    85%
9) Would recommend department to friend       25%            134       15%    84%


Indicate the types of support you received in Graduate School:

                                                        Number
                                                      Responding    No     Yes

10) Fellowship                                            181       48%    51%
11) Teaching assistantship                                181       24%    75%
12) Research assistantship                                181       24%    75%
13) Need-based financial aid/loans                        181       66%    33%
14) Personal/family ONLY                                  181       87%    12%
15) Other funding (identify)                              181       79%    20%


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?         8%             165       15%    84%


                                                              Number
                                                            Responding    No     Yes

18) Work off-campus during grad study?                          181       64%    35%

                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

19) Was work related to grad program?           33%             120       70%    30%


Questions regarding graduate opportunities:

                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

25) Seminars for grad stdnts prsnt rsch?         4%             172       11%    88%
26) Ever present research at a seminar?          6%             170       31%    68%
27) Ever receive funding to go natl mtg?         4%             172       25%    74%
28) Ever deliver paper at national mtng?         3%             175       20%    79%
29) Faculty encourage you publish rsrch?         7%             167       10%    89%


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

                                              Not
                                          Answered/Not      Number
                                           Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

43) Research ethics?                          22%             141       37%    62%
44) Responsible conduct in your field?        23%             139       36%    63%
45) Sexual harassment (training)?             26%             133       42%    57%
46) Diversity?                                32%             122       61%    38%


Which item best describes your current status? (mark one item only):

							    Total N of    Percent who
							    Respondents   marked ...
							                                                                                                        
47) Postdoc fellowship/traineeship                              181          32%
48) Faculty position in college/univer                          181          20%
49) Research position in academia/indus                         181          15%
50) Professional service career                                 181           5%
51) Non-research pos in private industry                        181           6%
52) Other position (SEE WRITE-INS)                              181          18%

                                                                             96% answered Qs 47-52 (4% missing)



                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

53) Position directly related to degree?         7%             168       10%    89%

Last revision 12/19/03