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HERI FACULTY SURVEY • Surveys mailed through campus mail to all Full-Time faculty during the Spring 2005 semester • A follow-up second mailing for non-respondents was conducted 4 weeks later • Approximately, 50% of the Full- Time Undergraduate faculty responded.

HERI FACULTY SURVEY Surveys mailed through campus mail to all Full-Time faculty during the Spring 2005 semester A follow-up second mailing for non- respondents

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HERI FACULTY SURVEY

• Surveys mailed through campus mail to all Full-Time faculty during the Spring 2005 semester

• A follow-up second mailing for non-respondents was conducted 4 weeks later

• Approximately, 50% of the Full-Time Undergraduate faculty responded.

DO YOU, TO A GREAT EXTENT:

Do you, to a great extent: engage in academic work that spans multiple disciplines?

46.9

30.3 32.0

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100

%

STU FT UGCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Do you, to a great extent: feel that the training you received in graduate school prepared you well for

your role as a faculty mentor?

59.4

37.8 37.1

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100

%

STUCatholic yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Do you, to a great extent: achieve a healthy balance between your personal life and your professional life?

59.440.9 37.5

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%

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Do you, to a great extent: feel that your work adds meaning to your life?

90.6

71.7 72.1

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20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

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Do you, to a great extent: consider yourself a religious person?

53.3 41.644.2

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

%

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Do you, to a great extent: experience close alignment between your work and your personal values?

78.163.0

65.8

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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Do you, to a great extent: seek opportunities to grow spiritually?

60.0

36.2 38.3

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Do you, to a great extent: feel that you have to work harder than your colleagues to be perceived as a

legitimate scholar?

40.0

20.5 20.70.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

GOALS FOR UNDERGRADUATES NOTED AS ‘VERY IMPORTANT’ OR

‘ESSENTIAL’:

Prepare students for employment after college

90.375.8

71.3

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Develop moral character

83.973.5

69.2

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Enhance student’s knowledge of and appreciation for other racial/ethnic

groups

76.766.3 64.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Instill a basic appreciation of the liberal arts

56.7

67.8 70.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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Enhance spiritual Development

60.0

40.9 39.1

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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Personal goals noted as ‘very important’ ‘or essential’:

Becoming an authority in my field

58.643.9 44.9

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Influencing the political structure

37.9

19.5 18.30.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Being very well off financially

48.336.6 37.1

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Helping to promote racial understanding

79.3

58.3 57.9

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Integrating spirituality into my life

69.055.5 55.8

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Achieving congruence between my own values and institutional values

86.2

64.2 62.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

AGREE ‘STRONGLY’ OR ‘SOMEWHAT’:

Racial and ethnic diversity should be more strongly reflected in the

curriculum

51.6

61.9 60.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Faculty feel that most students are well-prepared academically

23.3

36.244.9

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Faculty here are strongly interested in the academic problems of

undergraduates

72.4

88.6 90.3

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Most students are strongly committed to community service

38.7

54.0 53.5

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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My research is valued by faculty in my department

51.6

68.7 71.8

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

There is adequate support for integrating technology in my teaching

58.1

74.8 77.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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There is adequate support for integrating technology in my teaching

58.1

74.8 77.0

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

My department has difficulty recruiting faculty

29.0

39.7 36.4

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

ISSUES YOU BELIEVE TO BE OF ‘HIGH’ OR ‘HIGHEST’

PRIORITY AT YOUR INSTITUTION:

To promote the intellectual development of students

74.2

86.7 87.8

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

To enhance the institution’s national image

71.058.8

63.1

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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To help students learn how to bring about change in American society

61.346.2

42.7

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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To create a diverse multi-cultural campus environment

80.0

50.9 53.3

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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ATTRIBUTES NOTED AS BEING ‘VERY DESCRIPTIVE’

OF YOUR INSTITUTION:

It is easy for students to see faculty outside of regular office hours

51.6

68.474.8

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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The faculty are typically at odds with campus administration

25.816.9 12.6

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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Faculty here respect each other

38.7

55.8 59.2

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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Most students are treated like ‘numbers in a book’

13.3 1.1 1.10.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

There is respect for the expression of diverse values and beliefs

59.4

36.1 35.4

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

ASPECTS OF YOUR JOB NOTED AS ‘VERY

SATISFACTORY’ OR

‘‘SATISFACTORY’’

Teaching load

70.0

52.8 51.7

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Social relationships with other faculty

85.770.5 69.2

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Competency of colleagues

56.7

79.9 81.9

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

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Relationship with administration

70.056.9

61.3

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Factors noted as a source of stress for you during the last two years:

Faculty Meetings

72.456.2

49.1

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Teaching Load

48.3

68.2 69.9

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Lack of Personal Time

51.7

73.8 76.6

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Being part of a dual career couple

13.8

35.5 38.1

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Self-imposed high expectations

58.6

77.5 80.1

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Agree ‘strongly’ or ‘somewhat’:

The chief benefit of a college education is that it increases one’s earning power

45.2

25.6 22.60.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Tenure is an outmoded concept

46.7

32.9 33.8

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Tenure is essential to attract the best minds to academe

46.761.9 60.3

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls

Colleges should be concerned with facilitating undergraduate students’

spiritual development

80.0

62.453.5

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

%

STUCatholic 4-yr. CollsAll Priv 4-yr Colls