2011-2012 COACHEFaculty Job Satisfaction Survey:

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Non-Tenure Track Faculty Community MeetingOctober 14, 2013

Nancy Whelchel, Associate Director for Survey ResearchBetsy Brown, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

Why COACHE?

• To systematically collect information from our faculty to help NC State assess (and improve!) the quality of work life

– Nature of work in research, teaching, and service– Resources to support faculty work– Tenure and promotion policies and practices– Leadership and governance– Department collegiality, quality, and engagement– Benefits, compensation, and work/life– Interdisciplinary work and collaboration– Mentoring– Appreciation and recognition

• Get peer comparisons [pre-tenured/tenured faculty only]• Ongoing Assessment (participate every three years; next in AY14-15)

When and Who? • October 2011 – January 2012• Population:

– Pre-tenure and tenured faculty– Non-tenure track faculty (part of pilot study; no COACHE peer comparisons)– Full-time– Hired prior to July 1, 2011– Not in terminal year after being denied tenure

• Response rates– Non-tenure track 46% (197 of 433)– Pre-tenured 59% (145 of 247)– Tenured 59% (655 or 1,115)

Response Rate

NC State Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Population RespondentsResp Rate

N % N %

Overall 433   197   46%

Gender          

Male 213 49% 94 48% 44% Female 220 51% 103 52% 47% Race/Ethnicty     197     White 370 86% 175 89% 47% Faculty of Color 53 12% 22 11% 42% College/Division     197     Agriculture and Life Sciences 68 16% 32 16% 47% Design 4 1% 2 1% 50% Education 21 5% 9 6% 43% Engineering 44 10% 14 7% 32% Natural Resources 22 5% 10 5% 46% Humanities and Social Sciences 131 30% 69 35% 53%

Physical and Mathematical Sciences 44 10% 21 11% 48%

Textiles 5 1% 0 0% 0% Veterinary Medicine 34 8% 14 7% 41% Management 28 6% 14 7% 50% Division of Academic and Student Affairs

31 7% 12 6% 39%

Methods

• Items typically ask for ‘agreement’ or ‘satisfaction’ with a particular statement or area of work

• Responses based on a 5-point scale• Higher numbers represent more positive or favorable

opinions• Reporting on average ratings• “Notable difference” between groups exist when the

difference in averages rating is +/- 0.25.

Reports on Results(See http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/archives/survey/reports/coache/coache.ay11_12.toc.htm)

• Faculty overall (pre-tenure, tenured, non-tenure track)• Pre-tenure & tenured faculty

– Overall & by gender, race/ethnicity, tenure status, rank– Compared to COACHE peers– Compared to results from previous COACHE surveys (pre-

tenure only)• Non-tenure track faculty

– Overall & by gender, race/ethnicity, college– Compared to pre-tenure & tenured faculty

PROFILE OF NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY SURVEY RESPONDENTS

NTT Contracts

• Type of Appointment– 41% Lecturer – 29% Teaching – 11% Research – 7% Clinical– 7% Extension– 5% Other

• Length of Contract– 17% 2 semesters– 39% 1-2 years – 26% 3-4 years – 14% 5+ years – 5% Other

• Appointment Renewability– 92% Fixed-term renewable– 1% Fixed-term nonrenewable – 5% Rolling– 3% Other

Work Responsibilities

• Primary Responsibility– 59% Mostly teaching– 9% Mostly research– 6% Mostly outreach– 3% Mostly department/program

administration– 3% Other – 21% Equal amount of two or

more

• Administrative Service– 72% None– 28% Yes

• 49% Center/Program Director• 10% Department Head/Chair,

Associate/Assistant Head/Chair• 41% Other

Personal Life

• Marital Status– 13% Single– 74% Married/Civil Union – 4% Unmarried, living w/ partner– 10% Divorced, separated, widowed

• Spouse/Partner Employment Status

– 12% Not employed & not seeking– 9% Not employed but seeking

employment– 19% Employed at NCSU– 60% Employed elsewhere

• Family Obligations– 16% Infants, toddlers, or pre-school age

children who live with you at least half the year

– 24% Elementary, middle, or high school age children who live with you at least half the year

– 7% Children 18 or over who live with you at least half the year

– 14% Children away at college for whom you are financially responsible

– 6% Elders for whom you are providing ongoing care for more than 3 hours a week

– 5% A disabled or ill family member– 45% None of the above

SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOR NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY

Overall Satisfaction Working at NC State

• 92% would recommend their department as a place for NTTs to work (44% ‘strongly’)

• 76% are satisfied with their department as a place to work (32% ‘very’)• 72% are satisfied with NC State as a place to work (23% ‘very’)• 72% agree they would choose to work at NC State if starting over (42%

‘strongly’)• 70% intend to stay at NCSU for another ten years or more• Best thing about working at NC State?

– 40% “Geographic location”– 28% “Quality of colleagues”– 18% “Academic freedom”– 16% “Support of colleagues”– 13% “My sense of fit here”– 10% “Quality of undergraduate students”

Overall Dissatisfaction with NC State

• Worst things about working at NC State?– 49% “Compensation”– 12% “Teaching load”– 10% “Lack of support for professional development”– 9% “Lack of support for teaching”– 9% “Quality of facilities”– (9% “There are no negative aspects”)

• Reasons for leaving?– 25% Improve salary/benefits– 20% Retire– 12% Improve prospects for promotion – 9% Work at an institution whose priorities match my own

Most Favorably Rated Aspects of Work(Average = 4.0 or higher)

• Nature of Work– Discretion over courses content (4.30)– Time spent on teaching (4.24)

• Resources– Library resources (4.30)

• Mentoring– Importance of mentoring w/in the department (4.33)– Being a mentor is fulfilling (4.06)

Least Favorably Rated Aspects of Work(Average = 2.75 or lower)

• Promotion– Clarity of NTT promotion process (2.58)– Clarity of NTT promotion standards (2.59)– Clarity of NTT promotion criteria (2.64)– Clarity of body of evidence for promotion

for NTTs (2.69)– Clarity of whether will be promoted (2.69)

• Department life– Dept addresses sub-standard

performance (2.42)– Discussions of grad student learning (2.56)

• Nature of Work– Availability of course release for research

(2.73)

• Mentoring– Mentoring of non-tenure track faculty in

department (2.56)– Support for faculty to be good mentors (2.64)

• Interdisciplinary Work– Interdisciplinary work is rewarded in merit

(2.68)– Interdisciplinary work is rewarded in

promotion (2.71)• Compensation/Benefits

– Childcare (2.45)– Housing benefits (2.63)– Spousal/partner hiring programs (2.63)– Salary (2.65)– Health benefits for family (2.75)

NTT vs Tenure Track Faculty(Pre-tenure/Tenured Combined)

• NTT faculty gave notably more favorable ratings than pre-tenure & tenured faculty for many (most) items, especially those related to….

– Nature of work: Support for research, teaching, etc. – Personal and family policies (including balance, flexible workload/duties,)– Health and retirement benefits– Leadership and governance

NTTs vs Tenure Track Faculty cont.

(Pre-Tenure & Tenured Combined)

NTTs gave notably less favorable ratings than pre-tenure & tenured faculty for:*

•Department life– Discussions of graduate student learning (2.56 vs 3.59)– Discussions of current research methods (2.93 vs 3.40)– Amount of professional interaction with tenured faculty

(3.36 vs 3.76)– How well you fit (3.28 vs 3.67)– Teaching effectiveness of tenured faculty (3.37 vs 3.76)– Amount of professional interaction with pre-tenure faculty

(3.43 vs 3.82)– Department addresses sub-standard performance (2.42 vs

2.79)– Amount of person interaction have w/ pre-tenure faculty

(3.34 vs 3.64)– Teaching effectiveness of pre-tenure faculty (3.67 vs 3.96)

• Appreciation and recognition– Recognition for scholarship (3.16 vs 3.41)

• Nature of work– Influence over focus of research (3.99 vs 4.34)

• Collaboration– Opportunities for collaboration outside the

institution (3.39 vs 3.86)

• Mentoring– Effectiveness of mentoring from outside the

institution (3.44 vs 3.70)

* Items with at least a 0.25 difference

SHARING THE RESULTS / DISCUSSION

Sharing the Results

• Presentations to– Provost– Vice Provosts– Deans’ Council– Faculty Senate– Faculty Well Being Administrative Advisory Committee– Lifelong Faculty Involvement Standing Committee– University Diversity Advisory Committee– NTT Community Group– Department Heads (Workshop on Department Climate)– Associate Professors Community Group (upcoming)– Others as requested

• Reports posted to UPA website• Bulletin article (January 3, 2013)

Issues of Concern(Provost/ Deans/Dept Heads/Senate)

• Promotion: clarifying expectations and procedures• Salary and benefits• Department life/fit/interaction with colleagues

Discussion

• Questions?• Comments?• Discussion?