Findings from the 2009 Administration of the Your First College Year ...

Table 10Student-Faculty Interaction in the First College YearPercentage of students reporting theyPercentageFelt “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with:Amount of contact with faculty 67.6Interacted with faculty during office hours:Never 9.11 to 2 times per term 35.51 to 2 times per month 28.0At least once a week 27.3Interacted with faculty outside of class or office hours:Never 25.01 to 2 times per term 28.91 to 2 times per month 21.9At least once a week 24.3“Occasionally” or “Frequently”:Asked a professor for advice after class 80.5Communicated regularly with your professors 77.4Received advice or guidance about your educational program 72.8The YFCY also reports on other types of student-faculty interaction. As shown in Table11, 52.3% of students reported “occasionally” or “frequently” receiving emotional support orencouragement from their professors, while 43.1% reported receiving negative feedback abouttheir academic work. In a promising sign that faculty are involving first-year undergraduatestudents in their own research, 23.4% of freshmen reported working on a professor’s researchproject at least “occasionally.”Table 11Types of Student-Faculty InteractionsPercentage of students reporting they “occasionally” or “frequently”: PercentageReceived from your professor:Emotional support or encouragement 52.3Negative feedback about your academic work 43.1Worked on a professor’s research project 23.411