Faculty Climate Survey 2013
Gesemia Nelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Methodology
Survey of Entire Faculty of MSU Denver776 Affiliate Faculty Members538 Full-Time Faculty Members
Spring 2013 – 2nd wave of study that began in 2010
Response RateAffiliate Faculty = 32.7%Full-Time Faculty = 60.4%
Leadership is Effective
Support for University Initiatives in the Abstract
Satisfaction with Implementation of University
Initiatives
Retention, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP)
Expectations for Performance are Reasonable
Resources Used in Three Areas of Assessment
Satisfaction with Resources
Satisfaction with Technological Resources
Satisfaction with Forms of Compensation
Perceptions of Work Environment
Campus is Friendly Towards…
Experienced Discrimination because of…
Overall Satisfaction with…
DemographicsRank
Generally speaking, higher ranked faculty members were more likely to express dissatisfaction than lower ranked faculty members
Tenure StatusGenerally speaking, tenured faculty were less likely
to be satisfied than non-tenured faculty
SchoolFaculty members in the School of Business tended to
be the most satisfied while faculty members in LAS tended to be least satisfied
DemographicsGender
In many instance, gender was not statistically significant
Where it was significant, men tended to express stronger views than women about a given topic
Race/EthnicityRace/Ethnicity was not statistically significant for
many variablesWhere significant, Non-White faculty tended to be
less satisfied than White faculty
Sexual OrientationSexual orientation was not statistically significant in
the majority of cases
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