| ACT Advising Survey |
| Section 5:
Additional Advising Information |
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National
Norms |
DePaul |
DePaul |
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Overall |
Privates |
Overall |
sans SNL |
Barat |
Commerce |
LAS |
CTI |
Education |
Music |
SNL |
Theatre |
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n=44,860 |
n=15,719 |
n=3096 |
n=2465 |
n=24 |
n=768 |
n=1077 |
n=223 |
n=193 |
n=36 |
n=631 |
n=41 |
| Have you changed advisors
since enrolling at DePaul? |
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| Yes, once |
25.3% |
30.1% |
25.0% |
28.8% |
28.6% |
27.1% |
31.3% |
27.6% |
30.9% |
33.3% |
10.7% |
5.4% |
| Yes, twice |
4.8% |
4.6% |
7.4% |
8.5% |
9.5% |
8.3% |
7.6% |
10.4% |
12.1% |
15.2% |
3.1% |
2.7% |
| Yes, more than twice |
2.9% |
1.9% |
7.9% |
9.4% |
0.0% |
15.0% |
7.3% |
4.2% |
16.4% |
3.0% |
0.4% |
0.0% |
| No |
59.4% |
58.6% |
59.8% |
52.9% |
61.9% |
49.6% |
53.8% |
57.8% |
40.6% |
48.5% |
85.9% |
91.9% |
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| Which statement best
describes your reasons for your most recent
change? |
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| Changed major |
41.3% |
46.8% |
23.2% |
24.8% |
62.5% |
16.1% |
35.6% |
20.5% |
12.0% |
12.5% |
4.9% |
66.7% |
| Moved into an upper-level
program within my area |
8.1% |
8.5% |
2.6% |
2.5% |
0.0% |
1.6% |
2.0% |
3.4% |
1.0% |
37.5% |
3.7% |
0.0% |
| My advisor left |
13.3% |
12.1% |
16.5% |
13.5% |
0.0% |
9.5% |
9.6% |
14.8% |
37.0% |
25.0% |
53.1% |
0.0% |
| Institution/program changes
advisor |
14.2% |
12.5% |
15.8% |
16.5% |
0.0% |
14.9% |
13.1% |
12.5% |
39.0% |
25.0% |
7.4% |
0.0% |
| I was not satisfied with my
advisor |
8.2% |
7.8% |
25.2% |
25.9% |
0.0% |
31.3% |
25.9% |
30.7% |
9.0% |
0.0% |
17.3% |
33.3% |
| Other |
14.8% |
12.3% |
16.6% |
16.9% |
37.5% |
26.6% |
13.8% |
18.2% |
2.0% |
0.0% |
13.6% |
0.0% |
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| During the past year, how
often did you meet with your advisor? |
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| never |
7.7% |
3.6% |
15.1% |
14.3% |
19.0% |
9.6% |
17.8% |
22.1% |
1.8% |
17.6% |
18.3% |
13.5% |
| once |
17.1% |
13.5% |
25.3% |
24.9% |
9.5% |
21.3% |
29.7% |
18.4% |
20.0% |
23.5% |
26.8% |
27.0% |
| twice |
24.2% |
24.4% |
26.4% |
26.9% |
4.8% |
32.8% |
23.2% |
23.7% |
35.2% |
23.5% |
24.5% |
21.6% |
| three times |
17.4% |
21.8% |
18.7% |
19.2% |
9.5% |
23.7% |
15.5% |
17.9% |
29.7% |
11.8% |
16.7% |
10.8% |
| four or five times |
13.6% |
17.5% |
9.0% |
9.5% |
28.6% |
9.9% |
8.4% |
10.5% |
9.1% |
5.9% |
7.0% |
10.8% |
| more than five times |
12.2% |
14.1% |
5.5% |
5.2% |
28.6% |
2.7% |
5.4% |
7.4% |
4.2% |
17.6% |
6.6% |
16.2% |
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| Was this number of meetings
sufficient for your needs? |
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| Yes |
65.7% |
72.5% |
56.9% |
52.8% |
61.9% |
54.2% |
49.4% |
62.1% |
48.5% |
61.8% |
72.8% |
59.5% |
| No |
14.7% |
11.7% |
27.8% |
31.2% |
33.3% |
30.7% |
33.8% |
23.2% |
32.1% |
26.5% |
14.4% |
16.0% |
| Not sure |
10.9% |
10.3% |
15.3% |
15.9% |
4.8% |
15.1% |
16.8% |
14.7% |
19.4% |
11.8% |
12.8% |
24.3% |
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| How much time do you usually
spend in each meeting with your advisor |
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| I have not met with my
advisor |
6.1% |
2.6% |
11.0% |
10.9% |
14.3% |
7.6% |
13.6% |
16.8% |
1.2% |
17.6% |
11.2% |
10.8% |
| less than 5 minutes |
6.7% |
5.5% |
4.7% |
5.4% |
0.0% |
5.1% |
5.5% |
5.3% |
7.3% |
2.9% |
2.2% |
2.7% |
| 5 to 15 minutes |
43.9% |
44.6% |
36.3% |
41.9% |
38.1% |
44.4% |
39.4% |
32.1% |
55.8% |
52.9% |
14.8% |
48.6% |
| 16 to 30 minutes |
28.3% |
33.6% |
33.4% |
33.8% |
28.6% |
38.4% |
32.1% |
36.8% |
33.3% |
14.7% |
32.0% |
16.2% |
| more than 30 minutes |
7.0% |
8.7% |
14.6% |
8.0% |
19.0% |
4.5% |
9.5% |
8.9% |
2.4% |
11.8% |
39.8% |
21.6% |
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