ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN FEBRUARY 2015 SURVEY QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE DATA
Report
Last Modified: 02/20/2015
1. Please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following statements regarding
various options UNI could use to increase access to the institution. UNI should increase
access by recruiting more
Question
international
students
students of
color
distance
education
students
nontraditional
students
out of state
students
first
generation
students
students
from
community
colleges
veterans
and active
military
personnel
other
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Total
Responses
Mean
7
19
111
155
111
403
3.85
8
4
73
125
191
401
4.21
42
79
101
121
55
398
3.17
4
6
84
180
127
401
4.05
3
12
81
159
143
398
4.07
5
3
80
156
159
403
4.14
12
16
85
143
144
400
3.98
4
3
99
175
121
402
4.01
1
0
21
6
46
74
4.30
Strongly
Disagree
2. I believe that increasing the number/percentage of undergraduate students who come from
socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds is very important.
#
1
2
3
4
5
Answer
Strongly
Disagree
Disagree
Neither Agree
nor Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Total
Response
%
4
1%
23
6%
81
20%
163
131
402
41%
33%
100%
Statistic
Min Value
Max Value
Mean
Variance
Standard Deviation
Total Responses
Value
1
5
3.98
0.85
0.92
402
3. I believe that increasing the number/percentage of undergraduate students who come from
diverse ethnic or cultural backgrounds is very important.
#
1
2
3
4
5
Answer
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neither Agree
nor Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Total
Response
177
152
%
44%
38%
53
13%
17
4%
4
1%
403
100%
Statistic
Min Value
Max Value
Mean
Variance
Standard Deviation
Total Responses
Value
1
5
1.81
0.79
0.89
403
4. The current level of diversity of the UNI student body is adequate to meet the mission of
the university.
#
1
2
3
4
5
Statistic
Min Value
Max Value
Mean
Variance
Standard Deviation
Total Responses
Answer
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neither Agree
nor Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Total
Response
6
59
%
1%
15%
101
25%
168
42%
67
17%
401
100%
Value
1
5
3.58
0.96
0.98
401
5. I believe that increasing the number/percentage of undergraduate students who are among
the best in their class or chosen areas of study is very important.
#
Answer
Strongly
Disagree
Disagree
Neither Agree
nor Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Total
1
2
3
4
5
Statistic
Min Value
Max Value
Mean
Variance
Standard
Deviation
Total Responses
Response
%
1
0%
10
2%
52
13%
155
186
404
38%
46%
100%
Value
1
5
4.27
0.64
0.80
404
6. Considering the best educational experience for our students and the role we should play
within the regent system, what do you believe is UNI's optimal undergraduate student body
size?
Answer
Min Value
Max Value
Average
Value
Standard
Deviation
Responses
Optimal
Size for
UNI
1.00
20,000.00
13,895.56
2,012.77
394
7. Currently the number of full time graduate students at UNI is approximately 600, and the
number of part time graduate students is approximately 1200. In the future, which do you
think UNI should seek to do?
Answer
1. reduce the
number of
graduate
students
2. maintain this
level of graduate
student
enrollment
3. increase the
number of
graduate
students
Total
Response
%
33
8%
151
38%
209
53%
393
100%
Statistic
Min Value
Max Value
Mean
Variance
Standard Deviation
Total Responses
Value
1
3
2.45
0.42
0.65
393
8. UNI should look to expand
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undergraduate
programs
graduate
programs
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Total
Responses
Mean
8
30
95
113
139
385
3.90
28
53
91
101
116
389
3.58
Strongly
Disagree
9. I believe that UNI should devote resources and pursue policies that would distinguish it as
a highly selective public university even if it means becoming
Question
less
accessible to
diverse
groups of
students.
a much
smaller
university like
Truman State
(with 5700
undergraduate
and 290
graduate
students).
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Total
Responses
Mean
80
169
64
63
21
397
2.44
120
147
58
51
19
395
2.25
Strongly
Disagree
10. I believe that UNI should devote resources and pursue policies that would distinguish it as
an accessible and highly diverse public university, even if it means
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becoming less
selective in its
admissions
criteria (e.g.,
lower ACT
scores).
that
student/faculty
ratios would
increase.
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Total
Responses
Mean
104
152
52
68
18
394
2.35
83
144
70
79
17
393
2.50
Strongly
Disagree
11. If trade-offs are required, UNI should devote resources and pursue policies that seek to
Answer
increase
accessibility
maintain balance
between
selectivity &
accessibility
increase
selectivity
Total
Response
%
60
15%
280
71%
56
14%
396
100%
12. For each of the following items, indicate your level of agreement for including it as a
distinctive part of UNI’s mission in the future.
Question
Two-Year
Degrees
Interdisciplinary
Research
Clusters
Training
Ground for
Teachers
Study Abroad
Opportunities
Honors
Programs
Distance
Education
Five-Year
Degrees
(Bachelors plus
Masters)
Graduate &
Professional
Programs
Scholarship of
Teaching &
Learning
Diverse
Student Body
Remedial
Coursework
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Total
Responses
Mean
146
131
69
37
6
389
2.04
4
19
127
150
88
388
3.77
4
13
55
140
177
389
4.22
6
17
79
175
113
390
3.95
6
14
96
174
98
388
3.89
57
83
91
111
45
387
3.01
14
54
126
149
46
389
3.41
11
48
89
152
89
389
3.67
7
13
61
181
127
389
4.05
11
30
73
183
92
389
3.81
56
92
151
68
20
387
2.75
Strongly
Disagree
13. For each of the following items, indicate your level of agreement for including it as a
distinctive part of UNI’s mission in the future.
Question
Service &
Community Based
Learning
Writing Intensive
Courses
Senior Project
Experiences in
Majors
Required
Experiential
Learning for all
Undergraduates
Interdisciplinary
Majors or
Programs
Academic
Learning
Communities
(e.g., Cornerstone
or First-Year Only
Classes with Peer
Mentors)
Living & Learning
Communities
(involves
residence halls
with topic- or
major-based
programming)
Undergraduate
Research/Creative
Activity
Disagree
Neither
Agree
nor
Disagree
Agree
Strongly
Agree
Total
Responses
Mean
7
28
97
162
94
388
3.79
3
21
59
186
122
391
4.03
8
17
104
156
105
390
3.85
9
34
105
140
102
390
3.75
4
19
65
198
104
390
3.97
17
26
97
173
78
391
3.69
10
28
110
156
86
390
3.72
3
9
66
202
111
391
4.05
Strongly
Disagree
14. Employment group
Answer
Academic
Administration
Tenured/Tenure
Track Faculty
Term Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Other
Graduate
Assistant
Total
Response
%
32
8%
275
71%
15
34
27
4%
9%
7%
2
1%
385
100%
Response
%
32
9%
81
22%
157
42%
60
16%
11
10
7
3%
3%
2%
0
0%
2
1%
14
374
4%
100%
15. Primary Unit
Answer
College of
Business
Administration
College of
Education
College of
Humanities, Arts
& Sciences
College of Social
& Behavioral
Sciences
Rod Library
Other
Academic Affairs
Business
Operations
Administration &
Finance
Student Affairs
Total
16. How long have you been employed at UNI?
Answer
Less than 5
years
6-10 years
11-15 years
More than 15
years
Total
Response
%
90
24%
66
68
17%
18%
156
41%
380
100%