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males vs. 50.0% females); at Rowan, female students were more likely to agree that their
professors cared than were the males (80.3% males vs. 91.9% females).
Asked whether professors treated them with respect, about a quarter of the UW
students answered “very much” – similar percentages of males and females. In contrast,
nearly half of the Rowan students said that it was “very true” that engineering faculty at
Rowan show that they respect students, slightly more females (50%) than males (44.5%)
expressing this opinion.
TABLE IIH-4
INDICATORS OF SATISFACTION WITH ELEMENTS OF THE UNDERGRADUATE
ENGINEERING PROGRAM OR CLIMATE BY GENDER AND UNIVERSITY
(University of Washington, Rowan)
(Means)
University University of Washington Rowan University
Gender
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Satisfaction item:
Grades reflect knowledge of
course material
Lab adds to understanding of
3.03 3.23 2.88 3.47 3.46 3.51
course material
Lab experiments are explained
3.19 3.34 3.07 3.33 3.32 3.34
prior to lab 2.61 2.69 2.56 3.66 3.59 3.79
Professors care whether I learn 3.46 3.50 3.46 4.42 4.38 4.57
Professors treat me with respect 3.83 3.87 3.78 4.30 4.37 4.40
(n) (132) (62) (68) (331) (263) (68)
In sum, comparing selected satisfaction measures asked of Rowan engineering
students to those of University of Washington shows that overall Rowan students seem to
be more satisfied with various aspects of their engineering program and climate, and that
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