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Doctoral degree students, 1998-99

GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEY: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-BOULDER
From the Graduate School Survey of graduating DOCTORAL 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          2%             140       3.0     0.7              19%       57%        22%
2) Quality of faculty mentoring                  4%             138       3.0     1.0     8%       18%       34%        38%
3) Quality of research experience                4%             138       3.3     0.8     3%       10%       37%        48%
4) Departmental advising/guidance                4%             137       2.7     1.0    10%       32%       32%        24%
5) Assistance finding profess employment        17%             119       2.4     1.1    31%       24%       22%        21%



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        86%              20        15%           20%             45%          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          3%             139       3.5     0.8       2%          7%        27%       62%
22) Met on reg basis to discuss research         4%             138       3.4     0.9       5%         10%        23%       60%
23) Made eff get financial support for me       10%             129       3.5     0.8       5%          4%        24%       65%
24) Encouraged and supported my research         4%             138       3.7     0.6       1%          5%        20%       73%


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%             139            2%         54%         42%



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         10%             129       3.2     0.7     3%        7%         58%          30%
36) Financial aid advising                      51%              70       2.4     0.9    21%       28%         41%           8%
37) Student support (travel/diss grants)        21%             113       2.7     0.9    12%       20%         53%          14%
38) Grad student awards (teach,research)        36%              92       2.6     0.9    14%       30%         40%          15%



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?        26%             106       3.3     0.8     2%        9%         38%          49%
40) How useful was Grad Teacher Program?        47%              75       2.7     0.9    14%       20%         48%          17%
41) How useful dept lead GPTI training?         56%              63       2.6     1.1    20%       17%         39%          22%
42) How effective rsch asst as prof dev?        27%             104       3.5     0.6     1%        1%         37%          58%


Average # of articles published and average # of years to complete degree:			     Pct publishing X number of articles:			 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        144           3.1           3.5           0.0          22.0   27%   10%  14%   15%   10%   24%
31: Number of years to complete MA       66           2.5           0.8           1.0           5.0
32: Number of years to complete PhD     144           4.8           1.8           1.0          11.0
33: Num of years to complete both degs   66           6.5           1.9           3.5          12.0
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If starting your graduate career over--Would you select:
                                              Dont
                                            Know/Not       Number
                                           Applicable    Responding    No     Yes

6) CU-Boulder                                 22%            111       25%    74%
7) The same field of study                    13%            125       12%    87%
8) The same thesis/dissertation advisor       16%            120       12%    87%
9) Would recommend department to friend       29%            102       16%    83%



Indicate the types of support you received in Graduate School:                                           
                                              Number
                                            Responding    No     Yes
10) Fellowship                                  144       55%    44%
11) Teaching assistantship                      144       27%    72%
12) Research assistantship                      144       29%    70%
13) Need-based financial aid/loans              144       62%    37%
14) Personal/family ONLY                        144       83%    16%
15) Other funding (identify)                    144       81%    18%


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         9%             130       3.0     0.7     3%       16%         57%          21%


                                                Not
                                            Answered/Not      Number
                                             Applicable     Responding    No     Yes

17) Fin support w/i dept awarded fairly?         9%             130       16%    83%



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

18) Work off-campus during grad study?                      144       63%    36%
                                            Dont
                                          Know/Not       Number
                                         Applicable    Responding    No     Yes

19) Was work related to grad program?       63%             52       48%    51%

   

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

25) Seminars for grad stdnts prsnt rsch?         6%             135       11%    88%
26) Ever present research at a seminar?          7%             133       33%    66%
27) Ever receive funding to go natl mtg?         7%             133       23%    76%
28) Ever deliver paper at national mtg?          7%             133       17%    82%
29) Faculty encourage you publish rsrch?         8%             132       12%    87%



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

43) Research ethics?                          22%             111       38%    61%
44) Responsible conduct in your field?        27%             105       44%    55%
45) Sexual harassment (training)?             29%             102       43%    56%
46) Diversity?                                36%              91       67%    33%



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

47) Postdoc fellowship/traineeship              13%             126       60%    39%
48) Faculty position in college/univer          13%             126       84%    15%
49) Research position in academia/indus         13%             126       77%    23%
50) Professional service career                 13%             126       92%     7%
51) Non-research pos in private industry        13%             126       94%     5%
52) Other job status* (SEE WRITE-INs)           13%             126       91%     8%

    * Note: This year's report excludes those who wrote in a comment to Q52, saying they
	    were currently seeking a job: this is 6% of all doctoral student respondents, 
            which is included in the 13% of the "Not Answered/Not Applicable" column.

             *No doctoral students reported being a "continuing student" in the Q52 write-in 
	      comment, as they master's students did.)

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

53) Position directly related to degree?        13%             126       11%    88%

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