Faculty Senate Survey 11/7/2008

1.How committed are you to adopting/adhering to the teacher scholar model in your own professional performance? Not committed at all Marginally committed Generally committed Extremely committed

2.Should your FTE score be used as a factor in determining your overall productivity at the university during the annual performance evaluation? No Not sure Yes

3.Should Norfolk State University adhere to the SCHEV FTE numbers based on course level and field of expertise or the numbers currently used (which require a higher FTE average per class)? No Not sure Yes

4.Do you believe there is an inverse relationship between the FTE score and your scholarly productivity score? No Not sure Yes

5.Has your department or school adopted a commitment to the teacher-scholar model? Has no intention of pursuing this model Will in the future No Yes

6.Has your department or school established a written guideline for tenure and promotion? Has not discussed the creation of a guideline Is currently developing guideline No Yes

7.Has your department or school established a written guideline for evaluation standards? Has not discussed the creation of written standards Is currently developing guideline No Yes

8.Has your department adopted a 3-3 schedule for tenured and tenure-track faculty engaged in scholarly research? Has no intention of pursuing this schedule Will in the future Yes No

9.Has your department been supported by the dean in its plans to implement a 3-3 schedule? Has indicated no plans to do so Will in the future Yes No

10.How well-staffed is your department with tenured and tenure-track faculty? Severely lacking in positions Marginally staffed Well-staffed Very well-staffed

11.What is your position on outside employment for faculty? Satisfied with guidelines already outlined in Faculty Handbook Need stricter guidelines Unfavorable Favorable

12.How important is a 3-year pre-tenure review for faculty? Should not be imposed Marginally important Extremely important

13.Do you support a stricter post-tenure review process? Must be imposed equally across the board No Yes

14.What is your stance on multi-year faculty positions? A and B Should be allowed to continue as is Should have more variations (research or, clinical, or teaching) but limited to a 1-2 year renewable contract Should be minimized with more emphasis on tenure-track positions

15.How important is it to have more than one name forwarded to a Dean as a possible candidate for selection of department chair. Only the person obtaining a majority should be forwarded. Not important Somewhat important Very important

16.If more than one name is submitted to the Dean for the position of Department Chair None of the above. The two names garnering the most votes should be forwarded even if they do not have the support of a majority of the voting members of the department faculty All names submitted must have the approval of a majority of the voting faculty in the department

17.Faculty members should have representation on the calendar committee and one of the members should be a faculty senate representative Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree

18.Faculty should not be required to attend any functions not on the calendar Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly agree

19.How can the University improve its image? (open-ended question)

20.How can the University resolve the salary issue (imbalance in salaries compared with productivity, rank, credentials, faculty versus administrator, and seniority)? (open-ended question)