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

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CURRIC1 (Weighted by WEIGHT) How would you describe the composition of the undergraduate curriculum at your institution? -- General education requirements   1) Too little   2) About right   3) Too much

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Too little	1116	23.8%	23.8%
About right	3161	67.3%	91.1%
Too much	418	8.9%	100%
Missing	305	%	%

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
Too little	22.8% 148	22.4% 486	24.3% 357	32.4% 101	25	23.7% 1092
About right	68.2% 443	67.9% 1475	67.4% 989	59.6% 186	68	67.2% 3093
Too much	9.1% 59	9.7% 210	8.2% 121	8.0% 25	3	9.0% 415
Missing	35	124	103	20	0	282
TOTAL	100.0% 650	100.0% 2171	100.0% 1467	100.0% 312	96	4600

Political ideology (I-POLV)

	Left	Liberal	Middle-of-the road	Moderately conservative	Strongly conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Too little	43.8% 109	26.1% 406	22.3% 275	19.3% 264	20.8% 41	22	23.8% 1095
About right	51.4% 128	65.5% 1018	69.8% 862	70.9% 968	59.4% 117	67	67.2% 3093
Too much	4.8% 12	8.4% 130	7.9% 98	9.8% 134	19.8% 39	5	9.0% 413
Missing	33	98	67	80	9	0	287
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 1554	100.0% 1235	100.0% 1366	100.0% 197	94	4601

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Too little	21.9% 402	21.7% 136	27.8% 67	18.0% 69	27.5% 441	23.7% 1115
About right	69.0% 1268	65.6% 412	66.8% 161	72.8% 279	64.8% 1041	67.3% 3161
Too much	9.1% 167	12.7% 80	5.4% 13	9.1% 35	7.7% 124	8.9% 419
Missing	95	29	26	36	118	304
TOTAL	100.0% 1837	100.0% 628	100.0% 241	100.0% 383	100.0% 1606	4695

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Native Am	Asian	Missing	TOTAL
Too little	24.4% 1045	11.3% 12	20.4% 11	26.7% 4	13.4% 16	29	23.8% 1088
About right	66.5% 2843	80.2% 85	72.2% 39	66.7% 10	82.4% 98	86	67.3% 3075
Too much	9.1% 389	8.5% 9	7.4% 4	6.7% 1	4.2% 5	9	8.9% 408
Missing	277	8	5	0	9	0	299
TOTAL	100.0% 4277	100.0% 106	100.0% 54	100.0% 15	100.0% 119	124	4571

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Too little	24.5% 828	22.5% 276	12	23.9% 1104
About right	66.4% 2246	68.7% 844	71	67.0% 3090
Too much	9.1% 308	8.8% 108	1	9.0% 416
Missing	196	96	0	292
TOTAL	100.0% 3382	100.0% 1228	84	4610