COACHE Survey Results

Faculty of Arts & Science

March 28, 2014

The COACHE Survey

• Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education

• Online survey to assess faculty perceptions on career

satisfaction

• Look at differences in experience by rank and gender

• Identify impact of policies and processes on satisfaction

• Assess performance against cohort and select peer institutions

Survey Themes

Nature of Work (Research, Teaching, Service) Collaboration & Interdisciplinary Work Departmental Culture Tenure, Promotion & Mentoring Policies & Benefits Leadership

Other Institutions

81 participating institutions Peer Institutions

– University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill– University of Virginia– University of California – Davis– Indiana University – Bloomington– State University of New York – Stony Brook

Highlights

• Overall Satisfaction

• Leadership

• Departmental Culture

• Areas for Improvement

Overall Satisfaction

Soc Sci n=80

Phys Sci n=52

Math & Comp Sci n=26

Humanities n=103

Bio Sci n=27

A&S n=299

80.0%

80.9%

68.1%

78.2%

70.4%

77.2%

Soc Sci n=80

Phys Sci n=52

Math & Comp Sci n=26

Humanities n=103

Bio Sci n=27

A&S n=299

75.7%

83.6%

66.7%

76.7%

88.8%

77.8%

Arts & Science: 95.3%

Arts & Science: 93.6%

Leadership

Communication of Priorities

Social Sciences

Physical Sciences

Math & Computer Science

Humanities

Biological Sciences

A&S

64.9%

61.0%

78.3%

55.4%

56.0%

60.8%

46.5%

34.7%

36.3%

26.7%

22.2%

33.3%

DeanChair

Stated Priorities

Social Sciences

Physical Sciences

Math & Computer Science

Humanities

Biological Sciences

A&S

64.9%

50.0%

73.9%

53.6%

56.0%

57.8%

45.6%

33.3%

36.3%

30.0%

30.7%

35.3%

DeanChair

Ensuring opportunities for faculty to have input into local policy decisions

Chair

Dean

65.6%

28.1%

58.5%

26.7%

69.5%

30.4%

53.0%

22.3%

52.0%

22.2%

58.4%

25.5%

62%

36% U of TA&SBiological SciencesHumanitiesMath & Computer SciencePhysical SciencesSocial Sciences

Pace of Decision Making

Chair

Dean

71.9%

45.6%

56.1%

43.5%

73.9%

31.8%

56.6%

31.4%

60.0%

23.1%

62.0%

36.7%

64%

46% U of TA&SBiological SciencesHumanitiesMath & Computer SciencePhysical SciencesSocial Sciences

Department Culture

Soc Sci

Phys Sci

Math & Comp Sci

Humanities

Bio Sci

A&S

80%

84%

71%

80%

89%

80%

50.1% Arts & Science

Pre-Tenure FacultyArts & Science: 87.5%

Tenured FacultyArts & Science: 78.9%

Clarity of expectations: Scholar & Teacher

Tenure decisions are performance-based

Consistency of messages

about tenure

Clarity of Tenure Standards

in Department

86.0%

85.4%

68.3%

62.8%

81.9%

80.8%

56.3%

56.2%

U of T Arts & Science

2007 U of T=53.4%

A&S 76%

A&S 20%

A&S 11%

A&S 83%

Areas for Improvement

Department culture encourages promotion

Clarity of the time frame for promotion

My sense of whether I will be promoted

66.8%

53.7%

40.5%

64.3%

51.7%

40.6%

Arts & Science U of T

Good Practices – Promotion Set up regular meetings with associate professors approaching promotion. Provide opportunities to discuss the tenure/promotion process with

recently tenured/promoted faculty. Provide feedback to associate professors considering promotion in relation

to expectations around teaching and research achievement. Make sample dossiers available. Be aware of the workload that is placed on associate professors – ensure

that they’re not being buried with service, mentoring responsibilities, student advising or leadership/administrative duties that may actually get in the way of their continued trajectory to full professor.

Encourage pre-tenure and tenured faculty to attend the sessions provided by the Office of the Vice Provost, Faculty and Academic Life http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/events/

Soc Sci

Phys Sci

Math & Comp Sci

Humanities

Bio Sci

A&S

25.9%

11.1%

10%

15.4%

50.0%

20.0%

Effectiveness of mentoring within department

Effective mentoring of pre-tenure faculty

Effective mentoring of associate faculty

Being a mentor is fulfilling

Importance of mentoring within department

62.1%

54.2%

18.9%

81.7%

83.1%

60.4%

55.8%

21.8%

78.9%

77.1%

Arts & Science U of T

Good Practices – Mentoring Work with the Office of the Vice Provost, Faculty and Academic Life to

establish and evaluate a mentoring program. Provide mentors for both pre-tenure and tenured faculty. Just because a

faculty member gets tenure and is promoted to the associate rank does not mean that s/he no longer needs or wants a mentor.

Don’t make assumptions about what type of mentoring faculty will want (or if they will want it at all). Mentoring should be tailored to individual needs.

Develop written guidelines for both mentors and mentees. Consider some alternative types of mentoring – peer mentoring, group

mentoring, collaborative support models. If you’re in a small department or division, consider building networks

beyond the department or division, particularly in order to support underrepresented faculty to find a mentor with a similar background.

If possible, provide some kind of reward to those who act as mentors.

53.4%

50.7%52.6%

60.1%

59.3%

48.8%

58.9%

61.7%

Next Steps

Resources for Chairs

COACHE results with: – Questions for Discussion and– Good Practices– http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/reports/coache-201

2/resources/ Can provide department presentations upon

request Suggestion box:

http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/communications/comments/

Questions?