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

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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

6. Sub-Group Comparisons (In general…) NTTs more positive than TT faculty (@40 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 (@35 items) –Divisional & departmental leadership, health/retirement benefits Less positive: work-life balance Full professors more positive than associates (@25 items) –Promotion Less positive: importance of mentoring

7. Sub-Group Comparisons (In general…) TT faculty of color –More positive than white faculty (@15 items) Importance of mentoring, balancing work-time expectations, communication of priorities from leadership, support for faculty in leadership roles –Less positive than white faculty (@10 items) Tenure & promotion, salary, diversity NTT faculty of color –N-size too small for comparisons

8. Sub-Group Comparisons (In general…) TT men –More positive than women (@40 items) Tenure & promotion, departmental leadership –Less positive importance of mentoring NTT women –More positive than men (@25 items) Interdisciplinary work –Less positive than men (@10 items) Contract renewal, promotion, personal policies, work-life balance

9. 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

10. 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