Carnegie Foundation National Survey of Higher Education, Faculty Sample (1984)

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SPTRAIN (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please indicate the extent of your agreement or disagreement with each of the following statements. -- Undergraduate education in America would be improved if there was less emphasis on specialized training and more on broad liberal education   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree with reservations   3) Disagree with reservations   4) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	891	18.2%	18.2%
Agree with reservations	1706	34.8%	53%
Disagree with reservations	1468	29.9%	82.9%
Strongly disagree	839	17.1%	100%
Missing	97	%	%

Variable Comparisons

How religious? Political ideology Religious preference Race Sex

How religious? (I-RELR)

	Deeply religious	Moderately religious	Largely indifferent to religion	Basically opposed to religion	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.3% 130	15.7% 354	19.1% 294	31.2% 102	11	18.3% 880
Agree with reservations	30.5% 205	33.9% 766	38.2% 589	37.0% 121	24	35.0% 1681
Disagree with reservations	29.7% 200	32.0% 724	28.5% 439	18.0% 59	47	29.6% 1422
Strongly disagree	20.5% 138	18.4% 417	14.2% 218	13.8% 45	22	17.0% 818
Missing	11	34	30	6	0	81
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 2261	100.0% 1540	100.0% 327	104	4801

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	46.0% 126	23.3% 378	15.2% 194	10.8% 154	10.8% 22	16	18.2% 874
Agree with reservations	36.9% 101	42.8% 695	33.2% 423	29.1% 415	23.0% 47	25	35.0% 1681
Disagree with reservations	10.6% 29	23.5% 382	34.4% 439	36.9% 527	26.0% 53	38	29.8% 1430
Strongly disagree	6.6% 18	10.4% 168	17.2% 219	23.2% 331	40.2% 82	22	17.0% 818
Missing	7	30	26	19	3	0	85
TOTAL	100.0% 274	100.0% 1623	100.0% 1275	100.0% 1427	100.0% 204	101	4803

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.9% 264	15.5% 100	22.0% 58	19.6% 80	23.2% 390	18.2% 892
Agree with reservations	30.8% 585	32.9% 213	40.2% 106	34.2% 140	39.3% 661	34.8% 1705
Disagree with reservations	34.0% 646	32.5% 210	20.8% 55	31.1% 127	25.5% 430	29.9% 1468
Strongly disagree	21.3% 405	19.2% 124	17.0% 45	15.2% 62	12.1% 203	17.1% 839
Missing	34	11	3	10	39	97
TOTAL	100.0% 1900	100.0% 647	100.0% 264	100.0% 409	100.0% 1684	4904

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.1% 809	10.5% 12	18.6% 11	20.0% 3	25.8% 33	23	18.2% 868
Agree with reservations	35.3% 1573	28.1% 32	22.0% 13	20.0% 3	28.1% 36	48	34.7% 1657
Disagree with reservations	30.0% 1338	43.9% 50	30.5% 18	20.0% 3	22.7% 29	30	30.1% 1438
Strongly disagree	16.6% 742	17.5% 20	28.8% 17	40.0% 6	23.4% 30	24	17.1% 815
Missing	92	1	0	0	1	0	94
TOTAL	100.0% 4462	100.0% 114	100.0% 59	100.0% 15	100.0% 128	125	4778

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.7% 623	19.9% 257	10	18.3% 880
Agree with reservations	35.3% 1241	34.1% 440	25	34.9% 1681
Disagree with reservations	29.4% 1036	31.3% 405	27	29.9% 1441
Strongly disagree	17.6% 620	14.7% 190	29	16.8% 810
Missing	57	33	0	90
TOTAL	100.0% 3520	100.0% 1292	91	4812