CRA-DMP Evaluation Report #1

1995 Student Participant Survey Results

The data presented in this section is from an emailed survey to the 1995 student participants of the CRA-DMP. A total of 22 out of 28 1995 student participants responded to the survey. However, not all students answered all of the questions. Thus, the "N" in each chart refers to the number of respondents for that question.

Primary Reasons for Choosing to Study CS&E (Question 13) -- Top Four Choices
(N=22) Number of Responses Percent
A teacher encouraged me 1568%
I am good at math and science 314%
A relative is in CS&E 29%
A friend is in CS&E 1568%
CS&E is enjoyable and interesting 1568%
CS&E affords many career opportunities 1568%
I like the idea of being a computer scientist 523%
CS&E is challenging 1568%
CS & E jobs pay well 418%
Other 314%

Post-Graduation Plans (Question 14)
(N=22) Number of Responses Percent
Graduate school 1464%
Job, then graduate school 314%
Job 314%
Undecided 29%

Degree Sought for Students Who Plan to Attend Graduate School (Question 14)
(N = 17) Number of Responses Percent
Masters 424%
Ph.D. 953%
Undecided 424%

Most Important Factors for Choosing to Attend Graduate School (Question 15) -- Top Four Choices
(N =19) Number of Responses Percent
Influence of family member 842%
Experience/mentor during high school years or earlier 211%
Work experience 526%
Career goals 1684%
Technical interests 842%
Advisor/mentor at undergraduate institution 842%
Extra-curricular activity at undergraduate institution 526%
Distributed Mentor Project experience 1579%
Other factors 421%

Most Important Factors for Choosing Not to Attend Graduate School (Question 16) -- Top Four Choices
(N = 4) Number of Responses Percent
Influence of family member 125%
Career goals incompatible with graduate school 00%
Distributed Mentor Project experience 250%
Undergraduate experience 125%
Other personal/family priorities 125%
Lack of interest in field 250%
Lack of interest in research 125%
Don't expect to be admitted in school of interest to me 00%
Financial concerns 250%
Other factors 125%

Commitment to Graduate School in CS&E Before the DMP (Question 31)
(N = 21) Number of Responses Percent
Not considering 15%
Considering the possibility 629%
Tentatively committed 838%
Committed 524%
Certain that CS & E is right 15%

Commitment to Graduate School in CS&E After the DMP (Question 32)
(N = 21) Number of Responses Percent
No Answer2 210%

Type of Interaction with Graduate Students
(N = 21) Number of Responses Percent
Worked with graduate students on project 1152%
Interacted with graduate students outside of project 1362%

The Role of Graduate Students (if worked with them) (Question 39)
(N = 11) Number of Responses Percent
Answered questions 327%
Directly supervised 436%
Worked as a team 436%

Rating How Graduate Students Carried Out Their Role (Question 40)
(N = 10) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 00%
Not very satisfied 00%
Somewhat satisfied 110%
Satisfied 550%
Very satisfied 440%

Overall Satisfaction of Interactions with Graduate Students (Question 42)
(N = 21) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 00%
Not very satisfied 00%
Somewhat satisfied 419%
Satisfied 838%
Very satisfied 733%
Not Applicable 210%

Satisfaction with Quality of Teaching at Undergraduate Institution (Question 23)
(N = 22) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 00%
Not very satisfied 11%
Somewhat satisfied 418%
Satisfied 732%
Very satisfied 941%
Not Applicable 15%

Satisfaction with Quality of Academic Advising at Undergraduate Institution (Question 23)
(N = 22) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 15%
Not very satisfied 314%
Somewhat satisfied 523%
Satisfied 836%
Very satisfied 418%
Not Applicable 15%

Satisfaction with Degree of Interaction with Faculty at Undergraduate Institution (Question 23)
(N = 22) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 00%
Not very satisfied 29%
Somewhat satisfied 418%
Satisfied 523%
Very satisfied 1045%
Not Applicable 15%

Satisfaction with Availability of Extracurricular Activities at Undergraduate Institution (Question 23)
(N = 22) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 418%
Not very satisfied 418%
Somewhat satisfied 523%
Satisfied 732%
Very satisfied 00%
Not Applicable 29%

Satisfaction with Departmental Climate at Undergraduate Institution (Question 23)
(N = 22) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 15%
Not very satisfied 29%
Somewhat satisfied 732%
Satisfied 627%
Very satisfied 418%
Not Applicable 29%

Overall Satisfaction with the Department at Undergraduate Institution (Question 23)
(N = 22) Number of Responses Percent
Not at all satisfied 15%
Not very satisfied 15%
Somewhat satisfied 627%
Satisfied 941%
Very satisfied 418%
Not Applicable 15%

1Two of the students who selected this answer stated that although they did not want to attend graduate school immediately following graduation, they might consider it in the future.

2Two students did not give a numerical response. One stated that she did not meet with her mentor frequently enough to decide if there was a match.


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