2. Task Force Members Mickey Abel, College of Visual Arts & Design
Christy Crutsinger, Provost Office, Chair
Tracy Everbach, Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
Francisco Guzman, College of Business
Warren Henry, College of Music
Kuruvilla John, College of Engineering
Linda Marshall, College of Arts & Sciences
Mariela Nunez-Janes, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Mike Sayler, College of Education
Sanjukta Pookulangara, College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism
Mark Vosvick, Faculty Senate
Angela Wilson, College of Arts & Sciences
Jerry Wircenski, College of Information

3. Methodology
The Survey Research Institute at Cornell University was contracted to administer the online survey.
Survey was open between November 8, January 25, 2013.
Initial invitation and three reminders were sent to participants.
Incentives were offered to full-time faculty members in departments achieving 80% response rate.

4. Methodology
For departments achieving an 80% response rate by December 14th, the names of full-time faculty were entered into a drawing to win $ to apply toward faculty travel or other professional development activities.
Total of 700 participants completed the survey out of 1059 with valid addresses, achieving a 66.10% response rate.
Additionally, 60 participants started the survey and answered at least on question, but did not complete it.

5. Survey Instrument Hiring Teaching Research Service Merit Promotion
Workload
Resources
Mentoring
Work/Family Balance
Diversity
Satisfaction
Climate

6. Response Rate by Ethnicity

7. How satisfied were you with the following hiring factors?

8. Please rate your level of agreement about how faculty hiring is done in your department.

9. Teaching
Please rate your level of agreement with each of the following statements about teaching in your department.

10. Research
Think about the value of your own creativity/scholarship/research in your department. In comparison to your colleagues: How much does your department value your scholarship/research?
Undervalued Very Highly Valued

11. Research How much do you agree with each of these statements? Item
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Interdisciplinary creatively/scholarship/research is valued in my department
2.9
2.7
2.8
Interdisciplinary creatively/scholarship/research is rewarded in my department
2.5
UNT provides the needed infrastructure for interdisciplinary work
2.4*
2.6*
2.2
2.4
I sometimes collaborated with members of my department
3.0*
3.1*
2.9*
2.8*
3.5*
My collaborations with people outside my department of the university are usually better than collaborations with department colleagues
When people in the department are working on something related to my expertise, they ask for my input
2.7*
2.5*
2.6
I find my research collaborations rewarding
3.3*
3.2
Range: (1= Strongly disagree, 4 = Strongly disagree) *significant at .05 level

12. Service In my department, committee assignments are made fairly.
Range: (1 = Strongly disagree, 5 = Strongly agree) * significant at .05 level

13. Service
Think about all of the service activities you actually do (100% of your service), including formal and recognized activities as well as informal activities. How much of your service is…
Item
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Not talked about/kept from my colleagues
1.7**
1.9**
1.8
1.9
Rewarded
2.2
2.0
2.1
Recognized by the chair and/or colleagues
2.6
2.4
Required
2.5
Range: (1= Strongly disagree; 4 = Strongly disagree) *significant at .05 level

14. Merit
Think about the feedback you receive from merit reviews. Is the evaluation you receive…
Item
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Helpful
3.6
3.3
3.5
3.8
Clear
3.9
Accurate
3.8*
3.7
3.2*
3.9*
Constructive
Range: (1= Strongly disagree, 4 = Strongly disagree) *significant at .05 level

15. Promotion
How important is/was it to you to achieve the rank of full professor? (Full professors only respondents)
Range: (1 = Not at all important, 4 = Very important)
* significant at .05 level

16. Promotion
How much did the following factors affect your decision to apply for promotion to full professor at UNT? (Rank of Full Professor but not hired as Full Professor)
ITEM
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
I believed I was ready
3.8
4.0
A colleague thought I should
2.8
2.6
3.0
2.2
3.5
My chair thought I should
3.0*
2.5
1.7
1.6*
3.2
My dean thought I should
2.3
One of more people did not think I should
1.4
1.0
No one every talked to me about it
1.4*
2.1*
1.3
2.2*
I needed to make a better salary
2.5*
2.8*
3.3*
Range: (1 = None, 4 = A lot) * significant at .05 level

17. Promotion
Please address the following issues about tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Members of my department give me helpful advice
3.2**
3.3**
3.0
2.4**
The tenure and promotion requirements are very clear
2.8**
3.0**
2.0**
2.5
The tenure and promotion process is fair and consistent
2.9**
2.9*
2.3
4.0
It is difficult to know exactly what I should be doing to be promoted
2.3*
2.4
2.9
3.0*
I am reluctant to talk about controversial issues because it might affect my promotion
3.1
3.3
3.2
3.5
I am comfortable asking about performance expectations
2.7
I feel like I have control over whether I will be promoted
2.8*
2.6
2.1*
2.0
Good mentoring is critical to my being promoted
Range: ( 1 = Strongly disagree, 4 = Strongly agree) **significant at .01 level, * significant at .05 level

18. Promotion
Please address the following issues about tenure and promotion to Full Professor.
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Members of my department give me helpful advice
2.6
2.4
2.2
2.9
The tenure and promotion requirements are very clear
2.3
2.5
2.1
The tenure and promotion process is fair and consistent
It is difficult to know exactly what I should be doing to be promoted
2.8
I am reluctant to talk about controversial issues because it might affect my promotion
2.0
I am comfortable asking about performance expectations
2.9*
2.5*
3.0
3.3*
I feel like I have control over whether I will be promoted
2.5**
1.8**
Good mentoring is critical to my being promoted
2.7
3.2
3.1
Range: ( 1 = Strongly disagree, 4 = Strongly agree) **significant at .01 level, * significant at .05 level

19. Promotion How likely are you to be promoted?
Range: (1 = Very unlikely, 4 = Very likely) *significant at .05 level, ** significant at .01 level

20. Workload
Please choose the proportion of time you spent during the academic year for each of the following. For new faculty, choose the proportion of time you spent working during the fall semester.
ITEM
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Preparing to teach assigned courses, labs, etc.
3.5
3.6*
3.2*
Teaching the assigned courses, labs, studies and communicating with those students
3.3
3.7
Teaching or mentoring students in any type of independent study, master theses or dissertations
3.4*
3.6**
2.8**
3.4
3.8**
Formally advising students
3.2**
3.3*
2.9*
4.0**
Advising or mentoring “extra” students who seek you out, not those assigned to you
3.5**
3.8
4.1**
Conducting your scholarly activities (i.e., research, composing, etc.)
3.0**
3.5*
3.7*
Writing proposals (e.g., grants) to conduct your research/scholarship/creative activities
2.7**
2.9**
Providing peer reviewing (i.e., reviewing the scholarly or creative work of others)
2.8*
3.1
External paid consulting
2.1*
1.9
1.8
1.6*
Mentoring other faculty
2.6*
2.4
Committee, administrative, or governance work inside your department
3.9**
Committee work at the college or university level
2.9
3.0
2.8
Outreach or community service
Advising or working with student organizations
2.6**
3.1*
3.7**
Range: (1 = Much less than other people, 5 = Much more than other people)
** significant at .01 level * significant at .05 level

21. Resources
How satisfied are you with the distribution of the following in your department?
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Office space
3.0
2.9**
3.3**
2.9
Space for research, scholarly or creative activities
2.8
2.7
2.6
Travel funds
2.5**
2.4*
2.0**
2.4
2.1*
Course assignments
3.0**
2.8**
Clerical, technical, or administrative support
2.6**
Range: ( 1 = Strongly disagree; 4 = Strongly agree) **significant at .01 level, * significant at .05 level

22. Range: ( 1 = None, 4 = A great deal)
Mentoring
How important is mentoring for each of the following areas?
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
To learn how things are done at UNT
3.2
3.1*
3.3
3.4*
3.1
To learn how to get along in your department of college
3.0
2.8
To improve teaching or manage students
2.9
To improve research or scholarly/artistic activities
To move into leadership positions
Range: ( 1 = None, 4 = A great deal) 
* significant at .05 level

23. Work/Family Balance
The following are possible sources of stress for faculty. Rate the amount of stress you feel about each one.
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Household responsibilities
2.7
2.8
2.6
2.9
Childcare
1.8**
2.3**
1.7*
2.0
2.1
Caring for someone who is ill, disabled, aging or with special needs
1.8
1.9
Your health
2.4
2.3
Cost of living
Meeting work expectations
3.1
3.2
The way your personal life and work interfere with each other
Having a successful academic/artistic career
3.0
Your salary
2.9*
3.3*
Faculty morale in your department
Subtle discrimination
2.0**
2.4**
2.7**
2.6**
2.2
Range: ( 1 = None, 4 = A great deal) ** significant at .01 level; * significant at .05 level

24. Work/Family Balance White Asian African American Hispanic Other
The following are possible sources of stress for faculty. Rate the amount of stress you feel about each one.
White
Asian
African American
Hispanic
Other
Prospects for tenure
1.7**
2.3**
1.9
2.2**
1.5**
Prospects for promotion
2.8**
2.8*
2.6
2.4
Leadership opportunities
2.0*
2.3*
2.3
2.2
The amount of support in your work environment
2.5*
2.7
2.8
2.9*
Acceptance for people like you
2.0**
2.4**
2.7**
The racial, ethnic or cultural climate at UNT
2.6**
2.5**
1.9*
Opportunities to have a happy social life
2.1
Time to do your research/scholarship/creative activities
2.9**
3.2
3.0
3.5**
Time to spend with students
2.5
Time to spend with your spouse or significant other
Time to spend with your children or other family members
2.6*
2.4*
3.0**
Range: ( 1 = None, 4 = A great deal) ** significant at .01 level; * significant at .05 level

25. Diversity
Try not to think about a specific individual, just give your general sense of how comfortable a new faculty member would be in your department if she or he were…

26. Satisfaction
How likely would you be to…

27. Climate
The following questions refers to the climate at UNT for faculty who are members of underrepresented groups, including underrepresentation based on race, sexual orientation, gender, religion, etc. Please indicate if you agree or disagree with each statement.  

28. Open-ended Responses Total Responses: 3,041 Hiring Offers (N=513)
Hiring Practices (N=278)
Teaching (N=274)
Research (N=178)
Service (N=218)
Merit (N=239)
Promotion (N=254)
Workload (N=159)
Resources (N=169)
Mentoring (N=189)
Work/Family Balance(N=147)
Diversity (N=133)
Satisfaction (N=172)
Climate/Fairness (N=118)
Total Responses: 3,041

29. Ideas for Dissemination of Results
Provost Council
Advance Grant Initiative Team
Opportunity Task Force
Ad-hoc Committee for Development of New Faculty Evaluation, Promotion & Tenure Policy Committee
Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Faculty Senate
Faculty Mentor Committee
Committee on the Status of Women
Committee on the
Status of LGBT Faculty
Committee on the Status of People of Color