2014 UCUES: Part 3

Academic Experience and Globalization

1.  We would like to hear more about being an undergraduate at a research university. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements.

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Disagree somewhat	Agree somewhat	Agree	Strongly agree
UC Berkeley has a strong commitment to undergraduate education	85	162	330	1238	1676	746
	2%	4%	8%	29%	40%	18%
Attending a university with world-class researchers is important to me	67	151	280	1000	1436	1293
	2%	4%	7%	24%	34%	31%

2.  How important to you are the following aspects of being an undergraduate at a research university like UC Berkeley?

	Not important	Not very important	Somewhat important	Important	Very important	Essential
Having courses with faculty members who refer to their own research as part of the class	172	585	956	1306	836	344
	4%	14%	23%	31%	20%	8%
Learning research methods	77	240	750	1364	1065	695
	2%	6%	18%	33%	25%	17%
Assisting faculty members in their research, for pay or as a volunteer	162	434	778	1217	952	646
	4%	10%	19%	29%	23%	15%
Pursuing your own research	164	510	862	1185	860	601
	4%	12%	21%	28%	21%	14%
The prestige of this campus when you apply to grad school or for a job	63	113	463	1109	1265	1173
	2%	3%	11%	27%	30%	28%

3.  Have you completed or are you now participating in each of the following activities?

	Yes, doing now or have done	No
First-year seminar	1785	2377
	43%	57%
Courses that involve themes related to diversity	2648	1522
	64%	37%
Capstone or senior thesis courses	549	3603
	13%	87%
Service learning or community-based learning	1090	3063
	26%	74%
Formal undergraduate research programs	986	3171
	24%	76%
Formal creative activity or scholarship (such as in published collection, play, or gallery exhibit)	459	3697
	11%	89%
Honors program	382	3776
	9%	91%
Internship under the direction of a faculty member	467	3690
	11%	89%
Other internship (e.g., co-op, clinical assignment)	1209	2946
	29%	71%
Any UC study abroad, including summer study abroad	569	3586
	14%	86%
Study abroad program affiliated with another college or university	280	3867
	7%	93%
Traveled abroad for a service learning, volunteer, or work experience	594	3555
	14%	86%

4.  As a UC Berkeley student, how would you rate your competencies below?

When you started here

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Linguistic and cultural competency in at least one language other than my own	277	649	1164	1041	652	392
	7%	16%	28%	25%	16%	9%
Ability to work with people from other cultures	26	113	803	1493	1100	635
	1%	3%	19%	36%	26%	15%

Current ability level

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
Linguistic and cultural competency in at least one language other than my own	249	547	861	1012	900	549
	6%	13%	21%	25%	22%	13%
Ability to work with people from other cultures	23	25	283	1142	1610	1031
	1%	1%	7%	28%	39%	25%

5.  During this academic year, how often have each of the following been obstacles to your school work or academic success?

	Not at all	Rarely	Occasionally	Frequently	All the time
Competing job responsibilities (i.e., paid employment)	1671	703	939	572	226
	41%	17%	23%	14%	6%
Competing family responsibilities	1186	1137	1059	519	204
	29%	28%	26%	13%	5%
Other competing responsibilities (e.g., athletics, clubs, internship)	918	867	1273	766	283
	22%	21%	31%	19%	7%
Weak English skills	2986	533	375	169	59
	72%	13%	9%	4%	1%
Weak math skills	2198	890	650	269	94
	54%	22%	16%	7%	2%
Inadequate study skills (e.g., knowing how to start, knowing how to get help, organizing material)	1104	1125	1183	489	218
	27%	27%	29%	12%	5%
Poor study behaviors (e.g., wait till last minute, too much social time, too much web surfing)	623	826	1355	945	364
	15%	20%	33%	23%	9%
Bad study environment (e.g., noisy roommate, poor Internet access, inadequate computer or software)	726	1110	1406	683	187
	18%	27%	34%	17%	5%
Feeling depressed, stressed, or upset	570	882	1318	891	448
	14%	22%	32%	22%	11%
Physical illness or condition	1541	1406	780	268	106
	38%	34%	19%	7%	3%
Military deployment	3707	177	134	59	24
	90%	4%	3%	1%	1%
Inability to concentrate on my work	782	880	1357	786	305
	19%	21%	33%	19%	7%
Reluctance to ask for help when I need it	971	1117	1247	551	221
	24%	27%	30%	13%	5%

6.  How important is it to you to graduate in four years or, if you are a transfer student, in two years?

Response	Number	Percent
Not important	164	4%
Not very important	285	7%
Somewhat important	553	14%
Important	689	17%
Very important	1163	29%
Essential	1203	30%
Not applicable	96

7.  Based on your experience and observation, rate the general climate for students at UC Berkeley along the following dimensions: Campus climate is...

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Friendly	814	20%
(2)	1714	41%
(3)	1025	25%
(4)	410	10%
(5)	137	3%
(6) Hostile	40	1%

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Caring	497	12%
(2)	1160	28%
(3)	1245	30%
(4)	703	17%
(5)	386	9%
(6) Impersonal	145	4%

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Intellectual	1944	47%
(2)	1503	36%
(3)	471	11%
(4)	163	4%
(5)	36	1%
(6) Not intellectual	15	0%

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Tolerant of diversity	1335	32%
(2)	1572	38%
(3)	771	19%
(4)	313	8%
(5)	90	2%
(6) Intolerant of diversity	52	1%

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Appreciative of diversity	1241	30%
(2)	1459	35%
(3)	847	21%
(4)	396	10%
(5)	126	3%
(6) Unappreciative of diversity	60	2%

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Safe	394	10%
(2)	1039	25%
(3)	1318	32%
(4)	842	21%
(5)	400	10%
(6) Dangerous	110	3%

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Too hard academically	554	13%
(2)	1386	34%
(3)	1591	38%
(4)	513	12%
(5)	81	2%
(6) Too easy academically	15	0%

Response	Number	Percent
(1) Affordable	182	4%
(2)	622	15%
(3)	1286	31%
(4)	1051	25%
(5)	671	16%
(6) Not affordable	325	8%

8.  How often have you gained a deeper understanding of other perspectives through interactions with fellow students because they differed from you in the following ways?

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Religious beliefs	439	726	1097	863	721	266
	11%	18%	27%	21%	18%	7%
Political opinions	317	681	1134	928	768	273
	8%	17%	28%	23%	19%	7%
Nationality	230	417	1027	1052	997	374
	6%	10%	25%	26%	24%	9%
Race or ethnicity	217	396	977	1008	1054	450
	5%	10%	24%	25%	26%	11%
Gender	326	570	1002	915	898	385
	8%	14%	25%	22%	22%	9%
Sexual orientation	390	644	936	886	836	413
	10%	16%	23%	22%	20%	10%
Social class	257	557	1078	916	870	410
	6%	14%	26%	22%	21%	10%

9.  In this academic year, I have heard teaching faculty or instructors express negative or stereotypical views about:

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Races or ethnicities	2707	814	343	128	72	28
	66%	20%	8%	3%	2%	1%
Genders	2685	839	334	135	70	26
	66%	21%	8%	3%	2%	1%
Sexual orientations	2980	705	215	104	44	25
	73%	17%	5%	3%	1%	1%
Political affiliation, opinions or beliefs	2128	887	611	264	136	57
	52%	22%	15%	7%	3%	1%
Religions	2680	780	338	147	93	38
	66%	19%	8%	4%	2%	1%
Social classes	2733	779	301	137	99	34
	67%	19%	7%	3%	2%	1%
Immigrant backgrounds	2891	753	241	103	66	25
	71%	19%	6%	3%	2%	1%
Physical or other observable disabilities	3172	601	150	83	47	25
	78%	15%	4%	2%	1%	1%
Learning, psychological, or other disabilities that are not readily apparent	3076	640	185	93	60	26
	75%	16%	5%	2%	2%	1%

10.  In this academic year, I have heard non-teaching staff or administrators express negative or stereotypical views about:

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Races or ethnicities	2621	722	402	180	87	36
	65%	18%	10%	4%	2%	1%
Genders	2703	713	370	157	76	31
	67%	18%	9%	4%	2%	1%
Sexual orientations	2762	681	359	141	66	34
	68%	17%	9%	4%	2%	1%
Political affiliation, opinions or beliefs	2555	713	403	194	123	54
	63%	18%	10%	5%	3%	1%
Religions	2738	680	335	156	101	36
	68%	17%	8%	4%	3%	1%
Social classes	2740	694	330	144	97	36
	68%	17%	8%	4%	2%	1%
Immigrant backgrounds	2770	707	310	141	67	33
	69%	18%	8%	4%	2%	1%
Physical or other observable disabilities	2983	657	238	103	41	22
	74%	16%	6%	3%	1%	1%
Learning, psychological, or other disabilities that are not readily apparent	2947	648	250	113	51	25
	73%	16%	6%	3%	1%	1%

11.  In this academic year, I have heard students express negative or stereotypical views about:

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Somewhat often	Often	Very often
Races or ethnicities	647	1001	1376	545	357	137
	16%	25%	34%	13%	9%	3%
Genders	881	1095	1195	458	292	136
	22%	27%	30%	11%	7%	3%
Sexual orientations	988	1170	1079	424	265	117
	24%	29%	27%	11%	7%	3%
Political affiliation, opinions or beliefs	751	918	1149	580	421	231
	19%	23%	28%	14%	10%	6%
Religions	952	1112	1042	464	319	158
	24%	28%	26%	12%	8%	4%
Social classes	1161	1147	983	392	239	128
	29%	28%	24%	10%	6%	3%
Immigrant backgrounds	1270	1123	977	332	231	110
	31%	28%	24%	8%	6%	3%
Physical or other observable disabilities	1942	1104	620	185	128	65
	48%	27%	15%	5%	3%	2%
Learning, psychological, or other disabilities that are not readily apparent	1883	1078	646	221	145	74
	47%	27%	16%	6%	4%	2%

12.  Please rate your awareness and understanding of the following issues when you started at this campus and now.

When you started here

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
My own racial and ethnic identity	62	257	1130	1306	767	503
	2%	6%	28%	32%	19%	13%
Social class and economic differences/issues	47	312	1323	1364	651	321
	1%	8%	33%	34%	16%	8%
Racial and ethnic differences/issues	56	303	1362	1374	625	293
	1%	8%	34%	34%	16%	7%
Gender differences/issues	78	407	1289	1337	587	296
	2%	10%	32%	34%	15%	7%
Sexual orientation differences/issues	106	454	1319	1269	557	287
	3%	11%	33%	32%	14%	7%
Physical or other observable disabilities	107	495	1356	1209	552	293
	3%	12%	34%	30%	14%	7%
Learning, psychological, or other disabilities that are not readily apparent	135	533	1344	1170	532	289
	3%	13%	34%	29%	13%	7%

Current ability level

	Very poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very good	Excellent
My own racial and ethnic identity	28	71	406	1340	1361	787
	1%	2%	10%	34%	34%	20%
Social class and economic differences/issues	16	40	357	1345	1514	717
	0%	1%	9%	34%	38%	18%
Racial and ethnic differences/issues	15	40	377	1397	1479	673
	0%	1%	10%	35%	37%	17%
Gender differences/issues	19	53	409	1338	1433	719
	1%	1%	10%	34%	36%	18%
Sexual orientation differences/issues	24	70	456	1340	1399	676
	1%	2%	12%	34%	35%	17%
Physical or other observable disabilities	36	138	736	1434	1122	518
	1%	4%	19%	36%	28%	13%
Learning, psychological, or other disabilities that are not readily apparent	42	169	747	1378	1093	555
	1%	4%	19%	35%	27%	14%

13.  What is your level of agreement or disagreement with the following:

	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Somewhat disagree	Somewhat agree	Agree	Strongly agree
I feel valued as an individual on this campus	190	362	683	1457	1074	277
	5%	9%	17%	36%	27%	7%
I am proud to be a student at this campus	59	83	173	817	1572	1340
	2%	2%	4%	20%	39%	33%
This institution values students' opinions	133	217	559	1392	1285	454
	3%	5%	14%	35%	32%	11%
Diversity is important on this campus	88	135	317	1092	1562	847
	2%	3%	8%	27%	39%	21%
Diversity is important to me	74	94	226	874	1484	1282
	2%	2%	6%	22%	37%	32%

Community and Civic Engagement

14.  Campus-Based activities and organizations

	Participant or member	Officer or leader	Neither
Academic (e.g., math club, philosophy club)	864	358	2756
	22%	9%	69%
Advocacy (e.g., Amnesty International, Living Wage Advocacy, Sierra Club)	374	179	3414
	9%	5%	86%
Campus Sports Club (e.g., rugby club, Kendo club)	442	152	3358
	11%	4%	85%
Campus Varsity Team (e.g., basketball, softball, soccer)	159	51	3733
	4%	1%	95%
Governing Bodies (e.g., student government, panhellenic, residence hall association)	227	193	3521
	6%	5%	89%
Greek fraternity or sorority	363	327	3283
	9%	8%	83%
Honor society	419	118	3426
	11%	3%	86%
Media (e.g., campus newspaper, radio station)	235	107	3609
	6%	3%	91%
Performing group (e.g., school band, dance team)	375	166	3414
	10%	4%	86%
Political (e.g., Young Republicans, College Democrats)	175	56	3721
	4%	1%	94%
Recreational (e.g., chess club, bike club, rock climbing club)	540	101	3299
	14%	3%	84%
Religious (e.g., Korean Campus Ministry, World Peace Buddhist Club)	482	148	3325
	12%	4%	84%
Service (e.g., Special Olympics volunteers Club, Jewish Social Action Committee)	639	301	3007
	16%	8%	76%
Other campus-based club or organization	866	397	2621
	22%	10%	68%

15.  DURING THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, have you done community service either on or off campus?

Response	Number	Percent
No	1858	46%
Yes	2200	54%

15a.  How did you get involved in community service? If you have been involved in more than one form of community service, please answer for the one that has been the largest time commitment.

	Yes	No
Through a campus-based course	497	1497
	25%	75%
Through a campus-based organization or program	1487	596
	71%	29%
Through an off-campus organization	1061	976
	52%	48%

15b.  To what extent has participation in community-focused activities at this University influenced your desire to continue community-focused activities after you graduate?

Response	Number	Percent
Not at all	367	17%
To some extent	1213	56%
To a great extent	593	27%

16.  In the classroom, how often have you been asked to ...

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Sometimes	Often	Very often
Appreciate the world from someone else's perspective	216	426	738	1095	1139	372
	5%	11%	19%	28%	29%	9%
Interact with someone with views that are different from your own	135	329	635	1050	1336	494
	3%	8%	16%	26%	34%	12%
Discuss and navigate controversial issues	153	405	653	1027	1220	507
	4%	10%	17%	26%	31%	13%

17.  Outside the classroom, how often do you ...

	Never	Rarely	Occasionally	Sometimes	Often	Very often
Appreciate the world from someone else's perspective	75	197	598	1029	1451	632
	2%	5%	15%	26%	36%	16%
Interact with someone with views that are different from your own	61	202	532	988	1453	741
	2%	5%	13%	25%	37%	19%
Discuss and navigate controversial issues	84	296	634	1070	1230	657
	2%	8%	16%	27%	31%	17%

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