HERI FACULTY SURVEY Surveys mailed through campus mail to all Full-Time faculty during the Spring 2005 semester A follow-up second mailing for non- respondents was conducted 4 weeks later Approximately, 50% of the Full-Time Undergraduate faculty responded.

DO YOU, TO A GREAT EXTENT:

Do you, to a great extent: engage in academic work that spans multiple disciplines?

Do you, to a great extent: feel that the training you received in graduate school prepared you well for your role as a faculty mentor?

Do you, to a great extent: achieve a healthy balance between your personal life and your professional life?

Do you, to a great extent: feel that your work adds meaning to your life?

Do you, to a great extent: consider yourself a religious person?

Do you, to a great extent: experience close alignment between your work and your personal values?

Do you, to a great extent: seek opportunities to grow spiritually?

Do you, to a great extent: feel that you have to work harder than your colleagues to be perceived as a legitimate scholar?

GOALS FOR UNDERGRADUATES NOTED AS ‘VERY IMPORTANT’ OR ‘ESSENTIAL’:

Prepare students for employment after college

Develop moral character

Enhance student’s knowledge of and appreciation for other racial/ethnic groups

Instill a basic appreciation of the liberal arts

Enhance spiritual Development

Personal goals noted as ‘very important’ ‘or essential’:

Becoming an authority in my field

Influencing the political structure

Being very well off financially

Helping to promote racial understanding

Integrating spirituality into my life

Achieving congruence between my own values and institutional values

AGREE ‘STRONGLY’ OR ‘SOMEWHAT’:

Racial and ethnic diversity should be more strongly reflected in the curriculum

Faculty feel that most students are well-prepared academically

Faculty here are strongly interested in the academic problems of undergraduates

Most students are strongly committed to community service

My research is valued by faculty in my department

There is adequate support for integrating technology in my teaching

My department has difficulty recruiting faculty

ISSUES YOU BELIEVE TO BE OF ‘HIGH’ OR ‘HIGHEST’ PRIORITY AT YOUR INSTITUTION:

To promote the intellectual development of students

To enhance the institution’s national image

To help students learn how to bring about change in American society

To create a diverse multi-cultural campus environment

ATTRIBUTES NOTED AS BEING ‘VERY DESCRIPTIVE’ OF YOUR INSTITUTION:

It is easy for students to see faculty outside of regular office hours

The faculty are typically at odds with campus administration

Faculty here respect each other

Most students are treated like ‘numbers in a book’

There is respect for the expression of diverse values and beliefs

‘’ ASPECTS OF YOUR JOB NOTED AS ‘VERY SATISFACTORY’ OR ‘SATISFACTORY’

Teaching load

Social relationships with other faculty

Competency of colleagues

Relationship with administration

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

Faculty Meetings

Teaching Load

Lack of Personal Time

Being part of a dual career couple

Self-imposed high expectations

Agree ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’:

The chief benefit of a college education is that it increases one’s earning power

Tenure is an outmoded concept

Tenure is essential to attract the best minds to academe

Colleges should be concerned with facilitating undergraduate students’ spiritual development