1. Kapil Bawa, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, Zicklin School of Business Micheline Blum, Director, Baruch College Survey Research, Distinguished Lecturer, School of Public Affairs Gary Hentzi, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Associate Professor of English, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences Rebecca Merkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences Loren Naidoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences Thomas Teufel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences Richard Wilkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences Ad Hoc COACHE Analysis Committee Report to the Baruch Faculty Senate Findings of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) 2015 Survey of Baruch Faculty April 7, 2016

2. Contents : Introduction and Background Baruch vs. Other CUNY Senior Colleges—Difference in Ratings Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Difference in Ratings Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Percentile Ranking for Governance and Leadership Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Percentile Ranking for Governance Items Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Percentile Ranking for Leadership Items Baruch Mean Ratings for COACHE Benchmarks: Highest & Lowest Within Baruch Best and Worst Aspects of Working at Baruch Summary: Comparisons and Conclusions

3. Introduction & Background COACHE Survey of CUNY Faculty conducted in 2015. Baruch Senate appointed Ad Hoc COACHE Analysis Committee to analyze & report COACHE findings to Faculty Senate in Fall 2015. Committee did not have access to raw data for its analyses. Report reflects our reading of materials made available, including: Report compiled by COACHE, at Harvard, made available to faculty by Provost in fall 2015 Compares overall performance of Baruch to peer institutions (selected by Provost from limited list provided by COACHE), and to all other institutions Compares subgroups at our campus to subgroups at other institutions, Describes differences among certain subgroups within Baruch. Data not broken down by schools or departments within Baruch. Only additional material made available to Ad Hoc Committee: Table comparing Baruch faculty ratings of 26 benchmarks with combined mean ratings by the 4 other CUNY Senior Colleges (Hunter, Brooklyn, City, Queens,Lehman).

4. Survey Assesses Faculty Experiences in Several Areas Including These 26 Benchmarks Appreciation and Recognition Collaboration Departmental Collegiality Departmental Engagement Departmental Leadership Departmental Quality Division Leadership Facilities And Work Resources Faculty Leadership Governance Adaptability Governance Productivity Governance Purpose Governance Trust Governance Understanding Health And Retirement Benefits Interdisciplinary Work Mentoring Nature of Work - Research Nature of Work - Service Nature of Work - Teaching Personal And Family Benefits Promotion Promotion Assoc Senior Leadership Tenure Clarity Tenure Policies

5. Goal: of COACHE survey to pinpoint problem areas– in policy, practice, demographics. Context: COACHE survey conducted when faculty had no contract & salaries not gone up in 6 years. This cannot account for differences between Baruch & other CUNY senior colleges, but may account for some differences between CUNY & other institutions. Our report Includes comparison of Baruch faculty ratings of benchmarks with ratings of other CUNY senior colleges combined -- not included in COACHE report. We also include charts comparing Baruch with “all other institutions” more clearly. Comparisons with “peer” institutions NOT included, because we believed these institutions were not similar to Baruch and comparisons were not useful. Ratings are for aggregates of items, plus one individual item: satisfaction with salary, given its relevance to context and its perceived importance to Baruch faculty. Also includes comparisons of faculty groups within Baruch showing most & least satisfaction, list of best & worst aspects of working at Baruch

6. Baruch vs. other CUNY Senior Colleges – Difference in ratings (Positive = Baruch perceived as better, Negative = Baruch perceived as worse ) Compared to other CUNY senior colleges Positives include: Facilities and work resources Service Interdisciplinary work Collaboration Research Division Leadership Negatives include: Tenure clarity Appreciation and recognition Senior leadership Governance adaptability Faculty leadership Governance productivity

7. Baruch vs. all other institutions – Difference in Ratings (Positive = Baruch perceived as better, Negative = Baruch perceived as worse) * Benchmark includes satisfaction rating for salary, shown as a separate item on the chart. Compared to other institutions, means for dept. quality & service marginally higher. Almost every other aspect rated lower. Strong negatives include: Salary, Senior leadership, Tenure clarity, Personal and family policies, Appreciation and recognition, Teaching, Health and retirement benefits

8. Baruch vs. all other institutions – Percentile ranking for Governance and Leadership Benchmarks Compared to other institutions: Divisional Leadership & Departmental Leadership only benchmarks where Baruch’s ratings in top half of population. Almost every other benchmark in bottom 20 percent of all institutions.

9. Baruch vs. all other institutions – Percentile ranking for Governance items Compared to other institutions, following dimensions of Governance in bottom 20% of all institutions: Overall effectiveness of shared governance Faculty governance structures offer opportunities for input I understand how to voice opinions about policies Admin communicate rationale for important decisions Clear rules about the roles of faculty and administration Faculty and admin have equal say in decisions Important decisions are not made until there is consensus Institution regularly reviews effectiveness of governance Faculty and admin have a shared sense of responsibility Institution cultivates new faculty leaders “Institution regularly reviews effectiveness of governance”, rating in bottom 10% of all institutions.

10. Baruch vs. all other institutions – Percentile ranking for Leadership items Compared to other institutions, on leadership items most ratings for Deans and some for Heads/Chairs are in top half. However, many dimensions of Leadership are in bottom 20% of all institutions: President: Pace of decision making, Stated priorities, Communication of priorities Chief Academic Officer: Pace of decision making, Stated priorities, Communication of priorities Faculty leadership: Pace of decision making, Stated priorities, Ensuring faculty voices in decision making

11. Baruch Mean Ratings for COACHE Benchmarks: Highest & Lowest WITHIN Baruch. HIGHEST WITHIN Baruch faculty LOWEST WITHIN Baruch faculty Benchmark Overall Pre-TenureAssociate ProfWomen Faculty of Color Mean Appreciation And Recognition 3.07 3.292.78 3.073.01 Collaboration 3.44 3.55 3.243.40 3.22 Departmental Collegiality 3.83 3.923.65 3.793.77 Departmental Engagement 3.52 3.53 3.46 3.40 Departmental Leadership 3.66 3.63 3.483.38 3.37 Departmental Quality 3.64 3.69 3.46 3.693.39 Division Leadership 3.22 3.593.01 3.083.29 Facilities And Work Resources 3.36 3.73 3.293.37 3.18 Health And Retirement Benefits 3.42 3.60 3.47 3.32 Interdisciplinary Work 2.68 3.002.52 2.672.70 Mentoring 2.93 3.032.69 2.912.79 Nature of Work - Research 3.11 3.282.89 2.992.97 Nature of Work - Service 3.34 3.363.16 3.25 3.16 Nature of Work - Teaching 3.52 3.483.39 3.46 Personal And Family Benefits 2.80 2.94 2.80 2.75 2.82 Promotion 3.50 --2.983.40 3.07 Senior Leadership 2.60 2.862.41 2.542.66 Tenure Clarity 3.00 --3.10 3.09 Tenure Policies 3.38 -- 3.42 3.65 15 Highest1 Highest3 Highest1 Highest 2 Lowest 10 Lowest2 Lowest7 Lowest Compared to Overall Faculty Ratings: Pre-Tenure faculty gave highest ratings (15 highest) Associate Professors gave lowest ratings (10 lowest) Faculty of Color gave second lowest ratings (7 lowest)

12. 3 Best Aspects of Working at Baruch (% Mentions): Geographic location (46%) Quality of colleagues (25%) Academic freedom (17%) 3 Worst Aspects of Working at Baruch (% Mentions): Compensation (42%) Teaching load (31%) Cost of living (20%)

13. 2015 COACHE Survey of Baruch Faculty Summary: Comparisons and Conclusions Baruch compared with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions  Major concerns/weaknesses: Negative comparisons with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions Senior Leadership Baruch’s ratings consistently lower than ratings at other institutions, both inside CUNY & outside. Areas scoring in bottom 20%, for both President & Chief Academic Officer are Pace of Decision Making, Stated Priorities, and Communication of Priorities. While negative ratings of Baruch Senior Leadership may reflect negative views of CUNY Senior Leadership, fact that Baruch’s ratings are lower than at other CUNY Senior Colleges indicates problem at Baruch. Governance Baruch ranks in bottom half of all institutions on most dimensions of Governance. Baruch ranks in bottom 10% in “Institute regularly reviews effectiveness of governance” & in bottom 20% in 10 other dimensions. Compared to other CUNY colleges, Baruch faculty ratings are lower in Governance Adaptability & Governance Productivity. Tenure Clarity Baruch ratings lower than those at other CUNY Senior colleges and at all other institutions. Tenure Clarity ratings produced most negative comparison to combined ratings of other CUNY colleges.

14. Appreciation and recognition Appreciation and Recognition of faculty is an area of weakness compared both to other CUNY colleges and to all other institutions. Faculty Leadership Baruch’s ratings lower than at other CUNY colleges in Faculty Leadership. Salary Rating of single item, not aggregate of other items. Included because of relevance to CUNY colleges in context of 6 years without contract or raises. Baruch faculty’s rating of Salary is lower than aggregate ratings, compared to ratings at all other institutions. Personal and family policies, Teaching, Health and retirement benefits Baruch’s ratings are also lower than those at all other institutions in Personal and Family Policies, Teaching and Health and Retirement Benefits (which includes salary)

15.  Major strengths: Positive comparisons with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions  Divisional Leadership Divisional Leadership compares favorably with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions, where its percentile ranking is above 70%. Compared to all other institutions, ratings for the Deans are mostly above the 50 th percentile, with particular strength in Communication of Priorities, Pace of Decision Making, and Stated Priorities, the same areas which showed weakness for the President/Chancellor and the Chief Academic Officer.  Departmental Leadership Departmental Leadership is in the top half of all other institutions, but is not above mean for other CUNY senior colleges. Ratings for Heads/Chairs strong in Fairness in Evaluating Work, Pace of Decision Making, Support in Adapting to Change.  Departmental Quality, Service Departmental Quality & Service are areas of strength compared to other CUNY senior colleges & to all other institutions  Facilities and Work Resources, Interdisciplinary Work, Collaboration Facilities and Work Resources, Interdisciplinary Work and Collaboration are areas of strength compared to other CUNY senior colleges only.

16. Comparisons within Baruch itself: Ratings of benchmarks by different categories of faculty compared to overall faculty ratings: Highest: Pre-Tenure faculty. Gave 15 highest ratings. Lowest: Associate Professors. Gave 10 lowest ratings. 2 nd Lowest: Faculty of Color. Gave 7 lowest ratings. 3 Best Aspects of Working at Baruch Geographic location (46%mentions) Quality of colleagues (25% mentions) Academic freedom (17% mentions) 3 Worst Aspects of Working at Baruch Compensation (42% mentions) Teaching Load (31% mentions) Cost of living (20% mentions )  The relative satisfaction of Pre-Tenure Faculty & dissatisfaction of Associate Professors and the highlighting of “compensation” as the “worst aspect” of working at Baruch again point to the contract and salary issues. The lack of a contract and of any faculty raises for six years, could be expected to be more of a factor for those who have been at Baruch for 6+ years.  We do not have comparison data for these items with other CUNY colleges.