Faculty Survey 2007-2008
Administrative/Teaching Comparisons

Prepared by Mary Ann Weaver and Max Shannon
April 30, 2009

Sixty-two administrative faculty and 42 teaching faculty completed the survey. Tables below show comparisons between the teaching and administrative faculty.

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Table 1: Age Table 9: Hours Per Week Activities
Table 2: Ethnicity Table 10: Job Activities
Table 3: Have You Ever Been... Table 11: Personal Goals
Table 4: Children Table 12: Attributes of Institution
Table 5: Ethnicity Table 13: Agreement with Statements
Table 6: Highest Degree Earned Table 14: Satisfactory Aspects of Jobs
Table 7: Activities Table 15: Sources of Stress
Table 8: During the Past Two Years, Have You... Table 16: Political Beliefs

Table 1: Age

Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
Under 30
19.7%
3.1%
30 to 40
21.3%
29.2%
40-60
52.5%
52.3%
Over 60
6.5%
15.4%

Table 2: Marital status

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
Married
77.6%
69.2%
Single
10.2%
12.3%
Unmarried, living with partner
4.1%
3.1%

Table 3: Have you ever been...

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
Divorced
6.1%
12.3%
Widowed
0.0%
1.5%
Separated
2.0%
1.5%

Table 4: Number of children

 
Admin men
Admin women
Admin total
Teaching Men
Teaching Women
Teaching Total
Under 18 years old
%
%
%
%
%
%
None
59.1
76.0
68.1
61.5
56.0
59.4
One
27.3
16.0
21.3
20.5
32.0
25.0
Two
9.1
8.0
8.5
15.4
12.0
14.1
Three
4.5
0
2.1
2.6
0
1.6
Four or more
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
18 years or older
%
%
%
%
%
%
None
47.8
52.0
50.0
63.2
61.5
62.5
One
13.0
20.0
16.7
5.3
15.4
9.4
Two
21.7
16.0
18.7
26.3
19.2
23.4
Three
13.0
12.0
12.5
2.6
3.8
3.1
Four or more
4.3
0
0
2.6
0
1.6
             

Table 5: Ethnicity

Note: Respondents were allowed to choose more than one ethnicity

 
Admin men
Admin women
Admin total
Teaching men
Teaching women
Teaching Total
White
91.3%
88.5%
89.8%
81.1%
73.1%
77.8%
Minority
12.9%
23.1%
16.3%
32.4%
30.6%
31.8%

Table 6: Highest degree earned

 
Admin men
Admin women
Admin total
Teaching men
Teaching Women
Teaching Total
Bachelor's
21.7
33.3
27.7
7.7
7.7
7.7
Master's
43.5
58.3
51.1
17.9
26.9
21.5
Ph.D.
34.8
4.2
19.1
69.2
65.4
67.7

Table 7: Activities

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
US Citizen
95.6
90.8
Born in the USA
87.8
84.6
Use your scholarship to address local community needs
54.2
52.3
Published op-ed pieces or editorials
12.2
18.5
Plan to retire within the next 3 years
10.2
9.4
Been sexually harassed at this institution
0
3.1

Table 8: During the past two years, have you...

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
Engaged in public service/professional consulting without pay
63.3
56.9
Considered leaving this institution for another
45.5
40.0
Considered leaving for another job
32.0
27.7
Engaged in paid consulting outside of your institution
30.6
24.6
Received funding for your work from foundations
14.6
24.6
Received at least one firm job offer
26.5
21.5
Considered early retirement
32.7
16.9
Received funding for your work from state/federal government
8.3
10.8
Received funding for your work from business or industry
8.3
3.1
Requested/sought an early promotion
7.9
1.5

Table 9: How many hours per week on the average do you spend on...

Advising and counseling of students
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
None
37.5
6.2
1 to 4
33.3
46.2
5 to 8
14.6
33.8
9 to 12
4.2
10.8
13 to 16
2.1
1.5
17 to 20
6.3
0
21 to 34
2.1
1.5
35 to 44
0
0
45+
0
0
   
Committee work and meetings  
None
10.4
6.2
1 to 4
33.3
50.8
5 to 8
37.5
30.8
9 to 12
4.2
3.1
13 to 16
10.4
6.2
17 to 20
2.1
1.5
21 to 34
2.1
1.5
35 to 44
0
0
45+
0
0
 
Community or public service
None
27.3
31.2
1 to 4
61.4
56.2
5 to 8
9.1
10.9
9 to 12
2.3
1.6
13 to 16
0
0
17 to 20
2.1
0
 
Household/ childcare duties
None
8.3
12.3
1 to 4
22.9
18.5
5 to 8
25.0
16.9
9 to 12
16.3
21.5
13 to 16
8.4
15.4
17 to 20
6.7
3.1
21 to 34
3.6
4.6
35 to 44
2.8
4.6
45+
3.2
3.1
 
Communicating via email
None
0
0
1 to 4
14.6
30.8
5 to 8
29.2
41.5
9 to 12
27.1
18.5
13 to 16
12.5
4..6
17 to 20
6.3
3.1
21 to 34
2.1
1.5
35 to 44
6.3
0
45+
2.1
0

Table 10: Do you, "to a great extent"...

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
Experience close alignment between your work and your personal values
59.2
80.0
Engage in academic work that spans multiple disciplines
22.2
55.4
Achieve a healthy balance between your personal life and your professional life
30.6
33.8
Feel that the training you recieved in graduate school prepared you well for your role as a faculty mentor
32.5
28.1
Mentor new faculty
7.0
18.5
Feel that you have to work harder than your colleagues to be percieved as a legitimate scholar
22.5
16.9

Table 11: Personal goals noted as "very important" or "essential"

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
Helping others who are in difficulty
75.5
76.9
Developing a meaningful philosophy of life
65.3
72.3
Helping to promote racial understanding
71.4
66.2
Raising a family
63.3
60.0
Influencing social values
43.7
47.7
Becoming involved in programs to clean up the environment
36.7
47.7
Integrating spirituality into my life
53.1
43.1
Becoming an authority in my field
53.1
32.3
Influencing the political structure
18.4
29.2
Being very well off financially
32.7
20.0
Obtaining recognition from my colleagues for contributions to my special field
28.6
13.8

Table 12: Attributes noted as being "very descriptive" of your institution

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
Faculty here respect each other
67.3
72.3
There is respect for the expression of diverse values and beliefs
59.2
60.0
Administrators consider faculty concerns when making policy
51.0
53.1
The faculty are typically at odds with campus administration
12.8
7.7

Table 13: Agree "strongly" or "somewhat"

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
My values are congruent with the dominant institutional values
91.5
95.4
Faculty are interested in students' personal problems
97.9
95.4
The criteria for advancement and promotion decisions are clear
66.7
83.1
There is a lot of campus racial conflict here
8.3
15.4

Table 14: Aspects of your job noted as very satisfactory or satisfactory

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
Autonomy and independence
87.8
93.8
Competency of colleagues
89.6
90.8
Job security
85.7
88.9
Overall job satisfaction
75.0
86.2
Departmental leadership
75.0
84.4
Professional relationships with other faculty
77.6
78.5
Clerical/administrative support
70.8
76.6
Social relationships with other faculty
57.1
75.0
Office space
81.3
70.8
Prospects for career advancement
52.5
66.0
Retirement benifits
69.4
55.6
Visibility for jobs at other institutions/organizations
61.0
52.1
Salary and fringe benefits
57.1

49.2
Health benifits
44.9
24.6

Table 15: Factors noted as a source of stress for you during the last two years...

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
Self-imposed high expectations
87.8
87.7
Lack of personal time
81.4
78.5
Managing household responsibilities
73.5
73.8
Personal finances
59.2
58.5
Keeping up with information technology
60.7
53.8
Faculty meetings
51.7
53.8
Committee work
64.4
52.3
Institutional procedures and "red tape"
71.9
50.8
My physical health
55.1
49.2
Change in work responsibilities
55.1
47.7
Review/promotion process
44.9
43.1
Being part of a dual career couple
46.9
40.0
Care of elderly parent
40.8
32.3
Child care
22.4
30.8
Children's problems
30.6
29.2
Job security
32.7
27.7
Health of spouse/partner
38.8
27.7
Subtle discrimination
26.5
23.1
Marital friction
26.5
20.0

Table 16: How would you characterize your political beliefs...

 
Administrative Faculty
Teaching Faculty
 
%
%
Far Left
4.1
15.6
Liberal
59.2
59.4
Middle of the Road
24.5
18.7
Conservative
12.2
6.3
Far Right
0
0

Additional Faculty Survey reports

Teaching faculty demographics

 Characteristics of the teaching faculty respondents and their sources of stress. Includes national and peer group comparison data.

Teaching faculty activities
Includes national and peer group comparison data relating to teaching methods, experiences, and hours per week spent on various activities

Teaching faculty goals and opinions

 Includes prior year comparisons as well as current year national and peer group comparison data for teaching and personal goals, attributes of the institution, and job satisfaction

Administrative faculty

 Responses from administrative faculty regarding personal goals, institutional attributes, and job satisfaction. Includes comparison data from private 4-year colleges.

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Prepared by Mary Ann Weaver and Max Shannon
April 30, 2009