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Task Force Members

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

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Task Force Members

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  1. 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

  2. Methodology • The Survey Research Institute at Cornell University was contracted to administer the online survey. • Survey was open between November 8, 2012 - January 25, 2013. • Initial email invitation and three reminders were sent to participants. • Incentives were offeredto full-time faculty members in departments achieving 80% response rate.

  3. Methodology • For departments achieving an 80% response rate by December 14th, the names of full-time faculty were entered into a drawing to win $250.00 to apply toward faculty travel or other professional development activities. • Total of 700 participants completed the survey out of 1059 with valid email addresses, achieving a 66.10% response rate. • Additionally, 60 participants started the survey and answered at least on question, but did not complete it.

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

  5. Response Rate by Sexual Orientation

  6. Hiring How satisfied were you with the following hiring factors?

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

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

  9. 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

  10. Research How much do you agree with each of these statements? Range: (1= Strongly disagree, 4 = Strongly disagree) *significant at .05 level

  11. Service In my department, committee assignments are made fairly. Range: (1 = Strongly disagree, 5 = Strongly agree)

  12. 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… • Range: (1 = none of it, 4= all of it)

  13. Merit Think about the feedback you receive from merit reviews. Is the evaluation you receive… Range: (1 = Never, 5 = Always)

  14. Promotion How important is/was it to you to achieve the rank of full professor? Range: (1 = Not at all important, 4 = Very important)

  15. 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)

  16. Promotion Please address the following issues about tenure and promotion to Associate Professor / Full Professor.

  17. Promotion How likely are you to be promoted? Range: (1 = Very unlikely, 4 = Very likely)

  18. Please choose the proportion of time you spent during the 2011-2012 academic year for each of the following. For new faculty, choose the proportion of time you spent working during the fall semester. Workload

  19. Resources How satisfied are you with the distribution of the following in your department? Range: (1 = Very dissatisfied, 4 = Very satisfied)

  20. Mentoring How important is mentoring for each of the following areas?

  21. Work/Family Balance The following are possible sources of stress for faculty. Rate the amount of stress you feel about each one.

  22. Work/Family Balance The following are possible sources of stress for faculty. Rate the amount of stress you feel about each one.

  23. 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…

  24. Satisfaction How likely would you be to…

  25. Satisfaction How often have you…

  26. Climate Think about what it is like in your primary unit. Your primary unit might be a working group, center, program, department, or even college. For example; if you feel your primary unit is extremely friendly then choose a radio button near the word friendly. If your primary unit neutral, choose a radio button in the middle. BisexualGay or lesbianHeterosexual *significant at .01 level

  27. Climate Think about what it is like in your primary unit. Your primary unit might be a working group, center, program, department, or even college. For example; if you feel your primary unit is extremely friendly then choose a radio button near the word friendly. If your primary unit neutral, choose a radio button in the middle. BisexualGay or lesbianHeterosexual

  28. Climate Think about what it is like in your primary unit. Your primary unit might be a working group, center, program, department, or even college. For example; if you feel your primary unit is extremely friendly then choose a radio button near the word friendly. If your primary unit neutral, choose a radio button in the middle. BisexualGay or lesbianHeterosexual *significant at .05 level

  29. Climate Think about what it is like in your primary unit. Your primary unit might be a working group, center, program, department, or even college. For example; if you feel your primary unit is extremely friendly then choose a radio button near the word friendly. If your primary unit neutral, choose a radio button in the middle. BisexualGay or lesbianHeterosexual

  30. 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. Range ( 1 = Strongly disagree, 4 = Strongly agree)** significant at .01 level

  31. Open-ended Responses • 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

  32. 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

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