Insights from COACHE Spring 2015 Faculty Satisfaction Survey
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COACHE Spring 2015 Faculty Satisfaction Survey Overview of Results Presentation to NC State Faculty Senate January 26, 2016 Katharine Stewart, VP for Faculty Affairs Nancy Whelchel, OIRP See https://oirp.ncsu.edu/coache2015 for detailed results
Topics: Breadth & Depth Overall Satisfaction / Climate Leadership Department life Nature of work Tenure & promotion Interdisciplinary work & collaboration Mentoring Facilities & work resources / support Personal & family policies Health & retirement benefits Appreciation & recognition Shared governance (pilot study)
Population, Peers, & Response Rates Population FT Pre-tenured, tenured, NTT Excludes: hired in current year in terminal year Senior administrators Librarians COACHE Peers Iowa State University Purdue University University of Arizona UC-Davis Virginia Tech Response Rates NC State 53% pre-tenured + tenured (733 of 1,396) 43% NTT (193 of 442) COACHE Peers 50% pre-tenured + tenured (3,582 of 7,096)
Whats Going Well & Opportunities for Improvement Most favorably rated Location / area Colleagues Academic freedom Library resources Quality of pre-tenured faculty Least favorably rated Governance Divisional leadership Compensation Support for interdisciplinary work Family/personal policies Promotion (NTTs) Mentoring
Trends Spring 2015 vs Spring 2012 Survey (Pre-tenure + Tenured Only) Overall ratings improved for Interdisciplinary work rewarded in tenure* & merit Stop-the-clock policies* Health benefits for yourself Clarity of advising and teaching expectations for tenure* Salary Health and retirement benefits overall No notable declines in overall ratings *Pre-tenured faculty only
Sub-Group Comparisons (In general ) NTTs more positive than TT faculty (@40 items) Balancing work time/expectations, health benefits, clerical/admin support Less positive: discussions with colleagues, mentoring/ collaboration outside institution Pre-tenured more positive than tenured (@35 items) Divisional & departmental leadership, health/retirement benefits Less positive: work-life balance Full professors more positive than associates (@25 items) Promotion Less positive: importance of mentoring
Sub-Group Comparisons (In general ) TT faculty of color More positive than white faculty (@15 items) Importance of mentoring, balancing work-time expectations, communication of priorities from leadership, support for faculty in leadership roles Less positive than white faculty (@10 items) Tenure & promotion, salary, diversity NTT faculty of color N-size too small for comparisons
Sub-Group Comparisons (In general ) TT men More positive than women (@40 items) Tenure & promotion, departmental leadership Less positive importance of mentoring NTT women More positive than men (@25 items) Interdisciplinary work Less positive than men (@10 items) Contract renewal, promotion, personal policies, work-life balance
COACHE Peer Comparisons (pre-tenured+tenured faculty only) NC State faculty give more favorable ratings to Classroom & library resources Chancellor (e.g., communication) Clarity of advising expectations for tenure (pre-tenured only) Interdisciplinary work rewarded in tenure (pre-tenured only) NC State faculty give less favorable ratings to Health & retirement benefits Personal and family policies
Implications NC State compares favorably with our peers, with a few important exceptions Need to attend to governance issues promotion pathways for NTT & associate professors support for interdisciplinary work Differential perceptions are important to explore and address
