Employees and Minority Students Survey Data Comparsion

Question

Response(s)

Faculty

n=414

Other UND

Employees

n=1,072

American Indian

Students

n=233

Other Minority

Students

n=210

1. How informed would you consider

yourself about what goes on at the

University of North Dakota?

Very Informed

45%

37%

25%

20%

Somewhat Informed

46

51

52

52

A Little Informed

8

11

19

21

Not At All Informed

1

1

4

7

No Opinion

*

*

1

0

           

2. Where do you get most of your

information about what goes on at

UND.

Univ./Alumni Letter

28

30

10

8

Dakota Student

3

5

35

36

Administration

7

12

1

2

Faculty/Staff

40

32

9

9

Committees

3

1

1

1

Family/Friends

2

2

22

21

News Media

11

15

12

13

Other Sources

na

na

9

9

No Opinion

5

3

2

1

3. What is the nickname of the athletic

teams of the University of North

Dakota?

Fighting Sioux

93

90

71

65

Sioux

5

9

22

27

Other Name Mentioned

na

na

1

3

Don't Know

1

1

6

5

Refused

na

na

1

1

         

4. Overall, I am proud to (work at, have an

affiliation with) the University of North

Dakota.

Strongly Agree

59

67

na

na

Mildly Agree

28

22

na

na

Neutral

8

8

na

na

Mildly Disagree

3

2

na

na

Strongly Disagree

2

1

na

na

No Opinion

1

*

na

na

5. UND does a good job supporting

American Indian programs.

Strongly Agree

49

68

45

41

Mildly Agree

29

15

24

19

Neutral

7

7

4

6

Mildly Disagree

7

2

8

3

Strongly Disagree

3

1

13

2

No Opinion/DK

5

6

6

28

Refused

na

na

*

1

6. UND should be doing more to support

American Indian programs.

Strongly Agree

25

10

49

27

Mildly Agree

23

14

22

12

Neutral

26

32

9

13

Mildly Disagree

12

19

10

14

Strongly Disagree

9

18

3

5

No Opinion

6

7

8

30

Refused

na

na

0

1

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. * Less than one percent. na Not applicable.

 

 

Question

Response(s)

Faculty

n=414

Other UND

Employees

n=1,072

American Indian

Students

n=233

Other Minority

Students

n=210

7. UND's use of the athletic teams

nickname "Fighting Sioux" honors the

University of North Dakota.

 

Strongly Agree

33%

58%

25%

52%

Mildly Agree

11

14

15

16

Neutral

12

10

6

6

Mildly Disagree

8

4

12

5

Strongly Disagree

35

12

36

11

No Opinion

1

1

5

8

Refused

na

na

*

1

8. UND's use of the athletic teams nickname

"Fighting Sioux" honors the Sioux

people.

Minority Survey

… honors the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota

Nations.

Strongly Agree

32

52

16

37

Mildly Agree

11

14

12

16

Neutral

11

11

6

11

Mildly Disagree

6

5

9

8

Strongly Disagree

39

15

50

15

No Opinion

2

2

6

13

Refused

na

na

0

1

9. UND uses the athletic teams nickname in

a respectful way.

Strongly Agree

43

68

30

55

Mildly Agree

16

14

17

20

Neutral

10

5

5

7

Mildly Disagree

12

6

9

2

Strongly Disagree

20

6

36

11

No Opinion

1

1

3

6

Refused

na

na

*

0

10. UND should change its athletic teams

nickname if it offends American

Indians.

 

Strongly Agree

46

21

47

37

Mildly Agree

10

11

12

10

Neutral

11

12

8

10

Mildly Disagree

10

20

12

15

Strongly Disagree

21

35

17

21

No Opinion

2

2

4

6

Refused

na

na

*

1

11. Generally speaking, the athletic teams

nickname issue at UND is not that

important.

Strongly Agree

11

14

16

21

Mildly Agree

15

20

16

19

Neutral

7

10

4

5

Mildly Disagree

21

22

15

19

Strongly Disagree

46

33

48

28

No Opinion

1

1

1

8

Refused

na

na

*

1

12. American Indians at UND consider the

athletic teams nickname "Fighting

Sioux" to be a major issue.

Strongly Agree

45

39

65

55

Mildly Agree

23

27

13

16

Neutral

9

13

4

7

Mildly Disagree

12

12

6

4

Strongly Disagree

3

4

6

3

No Opinion

8

6

5

15

Refused

na

na

*

1

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. * Less than one percent. na Not applicable.

Question

Response(s)

Faculty

n=414

Other UND

Employees

n=1,072

American Indian

Students

n=233

Other Minority

Students

n=210

13. UND's athletic opponents use the

athletic teams nickname "Fighting

Sioux" nickname in a respectful manner.

Strongly Agree

16%

26%

16%

34%

Mildly Agree

12

22

8

13

Neutral

13

15

4

7

Mildly Disagree

14

15

9

7

Strongly Disagree

35

14

48

19

No Opinion/DK

10

7

14

18

Refused

na

na

*

2

14. UND should abide by Sioux tribal

councils' requests and change the

athletic teams nickname.

Minority Survey

… abide by Lakota, Dakota, Nakota

Nations and change …

Strongly Agree

46

20

55

30

Mildly Agree

11

9

12

13

Neutral

8

11

9

12

Mildly Disagree

10

18

5

13

Strongly Disagree

22

40

14

22

No Opinion

3

2

5

10

Refused

na

na

*

1

15. If UND changes its athletic teams

nickname I would reduce my financial

contribution to support UND.

 

Strongly Agree

14

19

na

na

Mildly Agree

4

8

na

na

Neutral

13

22

na

na

Mildly Disagree

3

4

na

na

Strongly Disagree

58

29

na

na

No Opinion

8

19

na

na

16. The athletic teams nickname should be

changed because it can be viewed as a

human rights issue.

Strongly Agree

36

14

52

27

Mildly Agree

11

9

13

12

Neutral

8

13

5

10

Mildly Disagree

13

17

12

15

Strongly Disagree

29

45

13

27

No Opinion

2

2

4

10

Refused

na

na

*

1

17. It really doesn't matter one way or

another to me what UND calls its

athletic teams.

Strongly Agree

8

9

18

27

Mildly Agree

9

10

12

13

Neutral

6

9

4

5

Mildly Disagree

22

23

16

15

Strongly Disagree

54

48

49

35

No Opinion

1

1

2

5

Refused

na

na

0

1

18. Dropping the athletic teams "Fighting

Sioux" nickname will have an overall

positive effect on how UND is

perceived nationally.

Strongly Agree

33

15

43

24

Mildly Agree

13

10

13

9

Neutral

12

11

8

10

Mildly Disagree

12

22

12

19

Strongly Disagree

27

39

18

28

No Opinion

3

3

5

10

Refused

na

na

*

1

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. * Less than one percent. na Not applicable.

 

Question

Response(s)

Faculty

n=414

Other UND

Employees

n=1,072

American Indian

Students

n=233

Other Minority

Students

n=210

19. The use of the athletic teams nickname

"Fighting Sioux" perpetuates

discrimination against American

Indians.

Strongly Agree

32%

13%

43%

18%

Mildly Agree

13

7

13

8

Neutral

7

6

6

9

Mildly Disagree

12

15

16

16

Strongly Disagree

35

58

19

39

No Opinion

2

2

3

10

Refused

na

na

0

1

20. The decision to keep or change the

athletic teams "Fighting Sioux"

nickname should be made independent

of anticipated gains or loses in alumni

contributions.

Strongly Agree

53

33

61

50

Mildly Agree

11

17

12

12

Neutral

9

11

8

9

Mildly Disagree

12

14

4

9

Strongly Disagree

16

20

10

12

No Opinion

1

6

5

8

Refused

na

na

0

1

21. President Kupchella should find a

solution to the controversy without

changing the athletic teams nickname

"Fighting Sioux".

Strongly Agree

25

48

27

44

Mildly Agree

11

14

11

14

Neutral

12

14

5

11

Mildly Disagree

11

7

12

8

Strongly Disagree

38

15

41

15

No Opinion

3

3

5

9

Refused

na

na

*

1

22. If UND changes its nickname I would

be more inclined to support UND

financially.

 

Strongly Agree

20

8

na

na

Mildly Agree

12

5

na

na

Neutral

22

17

na

na

Mildly Disagree

6

10

na

na

Strongly Disagree

32

48

na

na

No Opinion

8

12

na

na

23. There will be some hard feelings against

American Indians if the athletic teams

nickname is changed.

Strongly Agree

24

29

42

30

Mildly Agree

38

35

25

25

Neutral

11

14

3

7

Mildly Disagree

13

10

13

13

Strongly Disagree

10

8

15

17

No Opinion

4

5

2

9

Refused

na

na

0

1

24. There will be some hard feelings against

President Kupchella if the athletic teams

nickname is not changed.

Strongly Agree

31

16

48

31

Mildly Agree

36

31

25

31

Neutral

9

14

6

6

Mildly Disagree

10

14

8

15

Strongly Disagree

11

21

9

7

No Opinion

3

4

4

7

Refused

na

na

1

1

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. * Less than one percent. na Not applicable.

 

Question

Response(s)

Faculty

n=414

Other UND

Employees

n=1,072

American Indian

Students

n=233

Other Minority

Students

n=210

Demographics

         

Age

Under 20

0%

0%

11%

24%

21 – 30

9

15

54

58

31 – 40

23

20

23

9

41 – 50

31

38

9

6

51 – 60

32

22

2

2

Over 61

5

5

2

2

Refused

na

na

1

0

Gender

Female

41

63

60

43

Male

59

37

40

57

Years employed at UND (employees)

Years attended UND (students)

Less than 1 Year

9

9

na

na

1 – 5

28

24

92

95

6 – 10

23

18

7

5

11 - 15

16

17

na

na

Over 16

25

32

na

na

Refused

na

na

*

0

University Employment Position

Research

na

9

na

na

Faculty

100

na

na

na

Administrative

na

29

na

na

Classified

na

34

na

na

Support

na

21

na

na

Other

na

8

na

na

Class level

Freshman

na

na

12

19

Sophomore

na

na

15

24

Junior

na

na

23

20

Senior

na

na

26

18

Over 5 Years

na

na

21

15

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. * Less than one percent. na Not applicable.

 


 

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