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 for detailed resultshttps://oirp.ncsu.edu/coache2015

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)

What’s 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 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 items) –Divisional & departmental leadership, health/retirement benefits Less positive: work-life balance Full professors more positive than associates items) –Promotion Less positive: importance of mentoring

Sub-Group Comparisons (In general…) TT faculty of color –More positive than white faculty items) Importance of mentoring, balancing work-time expectations, communication of priorities from leadership, support for faculty in leadership roles –Less positive than white faculty 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 items) Tenure & promotion, departmental leadership –Less positive importance of mentoring NTT women –More positive than men items) Interdisciplinary work –Less positive than men 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