Page: Operational definition
| 1. Which category best describes you? |
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| | answered question | 269 |
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| skipped question | 2 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Non-tenure track | | 8.6% | 23 |
| Tenure track | | 47.6% | 128 |
| Tenured | | 43.9% | 118 |
| 2. What is your rank/title? |
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| | answered question | 268 |
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| skipped question | 3 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Lecturer | | 4.1% | 11 |
| Instructor | | 4.9% | 13 |
| Assistant Professor | | 33.2% | 89 |
| Associate Professor | | 28.4% | 76 |
| Full Professor | | 29.5% | 79 |
| 3. What is your college? |
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| | answered question | 268 |
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| skipped question | 3 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Arts | | 4.9% | 13 |
| Business | | 14.9% | 40 |
| College of Science and Mathematics | | 19.0% | 51 |
| Education | | 9.3% | 25 |
| Health and Human Services | | 11.2% | 30 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | | 34.3% | 92 |
| Graduate School | | 0.4% | 1 |
| University College | | 6.0% | 16 |
Page: The University Level
| 4. How aware are you of the university’s new shared governance structure that includes a Faculty Senate? |
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| | answered question | 267 |
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| skipped question | 4 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Very aware | | 36.7% | 98 |
| Somewhat aware | | 52.8% | 141 |
| Hardly aware | | 7.1% | 19 |
| Not at all aware | | 3.4% | 9 |
| 5. Can you name your department's faculty senator? |
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| | answered question | 267 |
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| skipped question | 4 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Yes | | 86.1% | 230 |
| No | | 13.9% | 37 |
| 6. Do you agree that shared governance is generally on the right track at the university level? |
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| | answered question | 262 |
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| skipped question | 9 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 6.1% | 16 |
| Disagree | | 8.0% | 21 |
| Agree | | 61.5% | 161 |
| Strongly agree | | 24.4% | 64 |
| 7. In your opinion, how important is it to conduct yearly evaluations of deans that include faculty comments and assessment? |
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| | answered question | 260 |
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| skipped question | 11 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Not at all important | | 1.9% | 5 |
| Somewhat important | | 6.2% | 16 |
| Important | | 25.4% | 66 |
| Extremely important | | 66.5% | 173 |
| 8. Does your college currently conduct such an annual evaluation (including a process for faculty comments and assessment) of your dean? |
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| | answered question | 240 |
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| skipped question | 31 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Yes | | 52.9% | 127 |
| No | | 47.1% | 113 |
| 9. If yes, do you receive adequate feedback on the outcome of these evaluations? |
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| | answered question | 229 |
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| skipped question | 42 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Yes | | 7.4% | 17 |
| No | | 59.0% | 135 |
| N/A | | 33.6% | 77 |
| 10. Is a job description available to you for your Dean? |
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| | answered question | 255 |
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| skipped question | 16 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Yes | | 15.7% | 40 |
| No | | 24.3% | 62 |
| Don't know | | 60.0% | 153 |
| 11. Do you agree that the dean of your college encourages faculty input into hiring decisions and seems to take faculty recommendations seriously? |
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| | answered question | 254 |
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| skipped question | 17 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 13.4% | 34 |
| Disagree | | 20.5% | 52 |
| Agree | | 39.0% | 99 |
| Strongly agree | | 27.2% | 69 |
| 12. Do you agree that the dean of your college encourages faculty input into Tenure and Promotion decisions and seems to take faculty recommendations seriously? |
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| | answered question | 244 |
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| skipped question | 27 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 11.1% | 27 |
| Disagree | | 14.3% | 35 |
| Agree | | 49.6% | 121 |
| Strongly agree | | 25.0% | 61 |
| 13. Overall, do you agree that shared governance works well at the college level? |
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| | answered question | 245 |
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| skipped question | 26 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 12.7% | 31 |
| Disagree | | 22.0% | 54 |
| Agree | | 51.8% | 127 |
| Strongly agree | | 13.5% | 33 |
Page: The Department Level
| 14. In your opinion, how important is it to conduct yearly evaluations of chairs that include faculty comments and assessment? |
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| | answered question | 260 |
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| skipped question | 11 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Not at all important | | 1.9% | 5 |
| Somewhat important | | 5.8% | 15 |
| Important | | 22.7% | 59 |
| Extremely important | | 69.6% | 181 |
| 15. Does your college currently conduct such an annual evaluation (including a process for faculty comments and assessment) of your chair? |
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| | answered question | 244 |
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| skipped question | 27 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Yes | | 56.1% | 137 |
| No | | 43.9% | 107 |
| 16. If yes, do you receive adequate feedback on the outcome of these evaluations? |
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| | answered question | 235 |
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| skipped question | 36 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Yes | | 12.3% | 29 |
| No | | 49.8% | 117 |
| N/A | | 37.9% | 89 |
| 17. Is a job description available to you for your chair? |
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| | answered question | 259 |
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| skipped question | 12 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Yes | | 27.0% | 70 |
| No | | 26.3% | 68 |
| Don't know | | 46.7% | 121 |
| 18. Do you agree that your chair encourages faculty input into hiring decisions and seems to take faculty recommendations seriously? |
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| | answered question | 256 |
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| skipped question | 15 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 11.3% | 29 |
| Disagree | | 9.4% | 24 |
| Agree | | 32.4% | 83 |
| Strongly Agree | | 46.9% | 120 |
| 19. Do you agree that your chair encourages faculty input into Tenure and Promotion decisions and seems to take faculty recommendations seriously? |
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| | answered question | 250 |
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| skipped question | 21 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 12.4% | 31 |
| Disagree | | 8.4% | 21 |
| Agree | | 33.6% | 84 |
| Strongly Agree | | 45.6% | 114 |
| 20. Do you agree that your chair encourages faculty input into allocation of travel funds and seems take faculty recommendations seriously? |
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| | answered question | 249 |
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| skipped question | 22 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 13.3% | 33 |
| Disagree | | 16.9% | 42 |
| Agree | | 37.3% | 93 |
| Strongly agree | | 32.5% | 81 |
| 21. Overall, do you agree that shared governance works well at the level of your Department? |
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| | answered question | 247 |
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| skipped question | 24 |
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| | Response Percent | Response Count |
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| Strongly disagree | | 15.0% | 37 |
| Disagree | | 14.6% | 36 |
| Agree | | 41.3% | 102 |
| Strongly agree | | 29.1% | 72 |