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Enriching Educational Experiences (in percentages)
First-year Students
    Doctoral/Res..   Bac- Bac-    
  Extensive Intensive Master's Liberal Arts General Top 5% National
    Col % Col % Col % Col % Col % Col % Col %
Emphasize: Encouraging contact among students from different economic, social, and racial or ethnic backgrounds Very little 18 17 18 14 16 10 17
Some 34 34 34 31 31 26 33
Quite a bit 29 30 29 29 29 30 29
Very much 19 19 19 25 24 34 21
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Had serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity than your own Never 14 15 18 12 19 8 16
Sometimes 33 33 34 32 35 25 34
Often 26 26 25 26 24 27 25
Very Often 100 100 100 100
Had serious conversations with students who are very different from you in terms of religious beliefs, political opinions, or personal values Never 11 12 13 7 14 4 12
Sometimes 33 35 35 27 37 22 34
Often 29 27 28 30 28 29 28
Very Often 27 25 24 36 21 45 27
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Used an electronic medium (list-serv, chat group, Internet, etc.) to discuss or complete an assignment Never 18 20 22 19 23 16 21
Sometimes 29 29 30 31 30 30 30
Often 27 26 26 27 25 26 26
Very Often 26 25 22 24 21 28 24
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience, or clinical assignment Undecided 14 15 17 16 15 14 16
No 4 5 6 3 6 2 5
Yes 81 80 77 81 78 85 79
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Community service or volunteer work Undecided 20 22 22 15 18 11 20
No 9 12 11 5 9 3 10
Yes 72 66 68 80 73 86 71
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Foreign language coursework Undecided 21 23 24 16 23 11 22
No 34 35 34 20 34 10 32
Yes 45 41 42 64 43 79 46
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Study abroad Undecided 34 36 35 29 36 22 34
No 30 35 35 17 33 8 31
Yes 36 30 30 54 30 71 35
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Independent study or self-designed major Undecided 36 36 37 42 36 43 38
No 51 47 46 36 46 26 45
Yes 13 17 17 22 18 31 17
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Culminating senior experience (comprehensive exam, capstone course, thesis, project, etc.) Undecided 50 44 46 36 40 27 44
No 16 15 15 7 14 3 14
Yes 35 41 38 56 46 70 42
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Participating in co-curricular activities (organizations, campus publications, student government, etc.) 0 hours/week 42 50 49 26 38 21 42
1-5 hours/week 34 30 30 38 37 42 33
6-10 hours/week 12 10 10 16 12 18 12
11-15 hours/week 5 5 5 9 6 10 6
16-20 hours/week 3 2 3 6 3 6 4
21-25 hours/week 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
26-30 hours/week 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
More than 30 hours/week 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
All 100 100 100 100 100 100 100