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CU-Boulder Master's degree students,   1998-99

GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEY: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-BOULDER
From the Graduate School Survey of graduating MASTER'S students: Fall 1998-Summer 1999                       

*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                         429       3.1     0.8     2%       17%       48%        31%
2) Quality of faculty mentoring                  3%             419       2.9     1.0    10%       21%       38%        29%
3) Quality of research experience               19%             348       3.0     0.9     5%       24%       35%        34%
4) Departmental advising/guidance                1%             426       2.7     1.0    16%       26%       29%        27%
5) Assistance finding profess employment        35%             279       2.4     1.1    29%       27%       20%        22%


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        84%              68        20%            7%             57%          14%


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         26%             319       3.4     0.8       4%         10%        31%       54%
22) Met on reg basis to discuss research        38%             267       3.2     0.9       6%         18%        28%       46%
23) Made eff get financial support for me       52%             207       3.1     1.0      11%         15%        24%       49%
24) Encouraged and supported my research        40%             255       3.4     0.9       6%          5%        28%       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         3%             416            7%         74%         17%



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         36%             276       2.8     0.9    12%       16%         47%          23%
36) Financial aid advising                      46%             229       2.2     1.0    29%       26%         35%           8%
37) Student support (travel/diss grants)        52%             207       2.4     1.0    24%       27%         35%          13%
38) Grad student awards (teach,research)        51%             210       2.3     1.0    28%       24%         35%          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?        61%             168       3.4     0.8     3%        7%         37%          51%
40) How useful was Grad Teacher Program?        71%             122       2.6     1.0    17%       21%         43%          18%
41) How useful dept lead GPTI training?         78%              95       2.7     0.9    12%       23%         48%          15%
42) How effective rsch asst as prof dev?        74%             111       3.6     0.6               3%         31%          64%


Average # of articles published and average # of years to complete degree:			       Pct publishing X # of articles:
							
                                         N            Mean       Std Dev       Minimum       Maximum   None  One  Two Three Four Five or>
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30: Number of articles published        430           0.5           1.3           0.0          10.0     80%  10%   4%   2%   1%   3% 
31: Number of years to complete MA      400           2.3           0.8           1.0           6.5
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If starting your graduate career over--Would you select:
                                              Dont
                                            Know/Not       Number
                                            Applicable    Responding    No     Yes

6) CU-Boulder                                 22%            335       21%    78%
7) The same field of study                    15%            365       14%    85%
8) The same thesis/dissertation advisor       36%            273       22%    77%
9) Would recommend department to friend       18%            351       23%    76%


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

10) Fellowship                                  431       78%    21%
11) Teaching assistantship                      431       61%    38%
12) Research assistantship                      431       74%    25%
13) Need-based financial aid/loans              431       57%    42%
14) Personal/family ONLY                        432       76%    23%
15) Other funding (identify)                    432       77%    22%

Questions about the financial assistance you received at CU-Boulder:
                                                 Not                                               Less
                                            Answered/Not      Number               Std              than
                                             Applicable     Responding    Mean*    Dev    Poor    Adequate    Adequate    Excellent

16) Overall level of financial support           24%            326        2.9     1.0    12%       16%         42%          28%


                                                 Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                              Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

17) Fin support w/i dept awarded fairly?        16%             359        29%    70%


Questions about off-campus work during academic year:
                                                          Number
                                                        Responding    No     Yes

18) Work off-campus during grad study?                      432       47%    53%
                                            Dont
                                          Know/Not        Number
                                         Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

19) Was work related to grad program?       46%             229       45%    54%



Questions regarding graduate opportunities:
                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                              Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

25) Seminars for grad stdnts prsnt rsch?        34%             285       23%    76%
26) Ever present research at a seminar?         37%             268       73%    26%
27) Ever receive funding to go natl mtg?        38%             265       75%    24%
28) Ever deliver paper at national mtg?         36%             273       79%    20%
29) Faculty encourage you publish rsrch?        47%             227       39%    60%



Did you receive adequate instruction or experience in the following areas?
                                              Not
                                          Answered/Not      Number
                                            Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

43) Research ethics?                          45%             237       45%    54%
44) Responsible conduct in your field?        33%             286       36%    64%
45) Sexual harassment (training)?             38%             265       54%    45%
46) Diversity?                                37%             268       49%    50%


Which item best describes your current status? (mark one item only):
                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

47) Postdoc fellowship/traineeship              17%             357       97%     2%
48) Faculty position in college/univer          17%             357       97%     2%
49) Research position in academia/indus         17%             357       88%    11%
50) Professional service career                 17%             357       66%    34%
51) Non-research pos in private industry        17%             357       77%    22%
52) Other job status* (SEE WRITE-INs)           17%             357       72%    27%

    * Note: This year's report excludes those who wrote in a comment to Q52, saying they
	    were currently "seeking a job:" this is 4% of all master's student survey respondents, 
	    which is included in the 17% of the "Not Answered/Not Applicable" respondents.

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

53) Position directly related to degree?        17%             357       23%    77%


                                                               Pct saying
                                                        N      pos related
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53) Position directly related to degree?               298**       81%    

 ** Note:
    59 Masters' students responses, that said "continuing," "PhD," or "continuing PhD" student, were excluded 
    from this table (but were included in the first tally of Q53 results above--since this is the way we had 
    calculated the results in the '96-97 and '97-98 reports).  

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