Results from Professional Practice Surveys
Performance Skills Assessment – Overall Ratings
Table 3.
Major: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Performance
Skill
|
Employer
Rating
|
Student
Rating
|
|
Mean1
(Std.
Dev.)
n=
|
Mean1
(Std.
Dev.)
n=
|
|
Communication - Overall
|
4.13
(.62)
165
|
4.01
(.56)
209
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conceptual/Analytical Ability - Overall
|
4.02
(.61)
163
|
4.14
(.63)
202
|
|
|
|
|
|
Learning/Theory and Practice - Overall
|
4.18
(.59)
164
|
4.26
(.61)
204
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Qualities - Overall
|
4.31
(.64)
165
|
4.35
(.64)
210
|
|
|
|
|
|
Teamwork - Overall
|
4.35
(.58)
164
|
4.38
(.64)
208
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leadership - Overall
|
3.97
(.71)
109
|
3.88
(.67)
156
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technology - Overall
|
4.13
(.60)
165
|
4.26
(.66)
203
|
|
|
|
|
|
Work Culture - Overall
|
4.26
(.64)
165
|
4.35
(.61)
202
|
|
|
|
|
|
Design and Experimental Skills - Overall
|
4.28
(.61)
21
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Organization/Planning - Overall
|
4.09
(.67)
159
|
4.21
(.65)
197
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evaluation of Work Habits - Overall
|
4.40
(.60)
163
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
1 Scale: 5=Excellent; 4=Good; 3=Satisfactory; 2=Poor; 1=Unsatisfactory;
N/A=not applicable/observed