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Survey Results – 2009
55 students surveyed of 90 who participated or
60%
45 students surveyed were non-engineering
majors
30 females 15 males
10 students were in engineering-related
fields
SUMMARY OF RESPONSES – Non – Engineering
Students’ answers to survey:
- - Contest did make students, male and female, more aware of
creativity required in engineering (69% yes).
- - Contest did increase interest of 1/3 of the students in an
engineering-related field.
- - More female than males (28% versus 7%) were not aware of IVCC’s
engineering-related offerings.
- - Students agreed that there are good career opportunities and a
shortage of talent in engineering/engineering technology.
SURVEY RESPONSES FROM NON-ENGINEERING
STUDENTS
| |
Males |
Females |
Total |
| |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
|
Did planning and building your car make
you more aware of the creativity required to be an engineering
technician? |
10 |
67% |
5 |
33% |
21 |
70% |
9 |
30% |
31 |
69% |
14 |
31% |
|
Did it increase your interest in any
engineering-related field? |
5 |
33% |
10 |
67% |
9 |
30% |
21 |
70% |
14 |
31% |
31 |
69% |
|
Designing a car from food that actually
rolls requires competence in technology, science and math. Were
you surprised you were able to build your car? |
7 |
47% |
8 |
53% |
21 |
70% |
9 |
30% |
28 |
62% |
17 |
38% |
|
Are you aware that IVCC offers transfer
programs in engineering and two-year career degrees in CAD and
design and certificates in CAD? |
14 |
93% |
1 |
7% |
21 |
72% |
8 |
28% |
35 |
79% |
9 |
21% |
|
NON-ENGINEERING MAJOR - FEMALES |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
| |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
|
There are good career opportunities in
engineering and engineering technology |
14 |
48% |
15 |
52% |
|
|
|
|
|
Engineering and engineering technology
talent is in short supply in the U.S. |
9 |
30% |
15 |
59% |
3 |
11% |
|
|
|
NON-ENGINEERING MAJOR - MALES |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
| |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
|
There are good career opportunities in
engineering and engineering technology |
7 |
47% |
8 |
53% |
|
|
|
|
|
Engineering and engineering technology
talent is in short supply in the U.S. |
4 |
27% |
8 |
52% |
3 |
20% |
|
|
|
NON-ENGINEERING MAJOR - TOTAL |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
| |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
|
There are good career opportunities in
engineering and engineering technology |
21 |
48% |
23 |
52% |
|
|
|
|
|
Engineering and engineering technology
talent is in short supply in the U.S. |
13 |
31% |
23 |
55% |
6% |
|
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Totals are less than 45 for some questions
because a few students did not answer every question. |
