to see the entire research report - Rowan - Rowan University

Satisfaction Item
TABLE IIE-1
SATISFACTION WITH PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS BY YEAR IN
SCHOOL
Year in School
I can…get classes I need in
semester I need them
(% “agree” and “strongly agree”)
First-Year Sophomore Junior Senior Total
78.3 86.5 86.3 100.0 87.0
Advisors do a good job 79.5 70.5 78.9 75.4 76.0
There are ample
opportunities for students
to do independent
research at Rowan
30.1 41.0 46.3 64.9 43.8
SATCHOIC (mean score) -.328 -.051 .054 .478 .000
The second factor of satisfaction with the program reflects opinions about the
coursework load. Agreement with the individual statements contributing to this factor
indicated dissatisfaction, while disagreement indicated satisfaction 32 ; some of these items
are illustrated in Table IIE-2. For example, few students agree that Rowan classes are too
large (the largest classes are capped at 35), but a third agree that the pace is too fast, and
nearly half find the workload too heavy and difficult. Unlike satisfaction with the
programmatic structure, satisfaction with the coursework load is lower in the sophomore
and junior years (when many of the faculty claim the load is in fact most difficult).
32 For purposes of presentation, the factor scores were aligned with the other factors of
satisfaction, so that greater satisfaction was indicated by a higher score.
IIE-162