1. The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education 2010 Survey of Pre-tenure Faculty

2. COACHE: Demographics of Pre-tenure Faculty 76% UA response rate All UA RespondentsFull-time UA T/TT Faculty Male 72% Female 28% Female 45% Male 55%

3. “Peer 5 Institutions” Selected by UA Auburn Alabama Clemson Kansas Tennessee 104 “Comparable Institutions” Selected by COACHE Sector: – 84 US Public, – 19 US Private, – 1 International Carnegie: – 38 Very High Research Activity – 25 High Research Activity – 5 Doctoral – 35 Master’s & Baccalaureate COACHE: Comparison Institutions

4. COACHE: Major Themes 1) Tenure Anticipation of Tenure & Tenure Practices Expectations for Scholarship, Advisor, Colleagueship, etc 2) Nature of Work Satisfaction – Overall, Teaching & Research 3) Policies & Practices Institutional & Departmental Support of Work/Life Balance 4) Climate, Culture & Collegiality Mentoring Peer Review 5) Compensation & Global Satisfaction Salary & Benefits Overall Satisfaction – Department & Institution

5. Comparisons – – Overall – UA faculty vs Peer 5 – Gender – UA female faculty vs UA male faculty – Diversity – UA diverse faculty vs UA non-diverse faculty – Academic Discipline – UA disciplines grouped by subject – Analysis highlights areas of significant difference COACHE: Analysis

6. Theme 1- Anticipation of tenure & tenure practices – – UA faculty are less clear about the tenure process, criteria, standards, and body of evidence needed to achieve tenure – UA faculty view formal reviews and written summaries to be less effective – UA Junior faculty are less clear on whether or not they will receive tenure & report less consistency in messages from senior faculty regarding tenure requirements Overall Results

7. Theme 2- Reasonableness and clarity of expectations for scholarship, colleagueship, teaching, advising, etc. in regard to earning tenure – UA faculty are less clear on the expectations of teaching and scholarship – UA faculty ranked the reasonableness of teaching expectations lower Overall Results

8. Theme 2- Overall Satisfaction – UA faculty place greater importance on availability of professional assistance for improving teaching and are more satisfied with the effectiveness of the assistance compared to Peer 5 faculty – UA faculty are more satisfied than some Peer 5 faculty with quality of facilities Theme 2- Research Satisfaction – UA faculty place less importance on professional assistance in obtaining externally funded grants and view the assistance to be less effective – UA faculty report less satisfaction with research services Overall Results

9. Theme 3- Support of Work/Life Balance – UA faculty report less satisfaction with balance between professional and personal time Theme 4- Mentoring – UA faculty report less satisfaction with their level of professional interaction with other pre-tenure colleagues Theme 5- Salary & Benefits – UA faculty place greater importance on paid/unpaid leave but rated effectiveness no different than Peer 5 faculty – UA faculty reported less satisfaction with compensation than faculty at only one peer institution Overall Results

10. Theme 1- Anticipation of tenure & tenure practices – – Female faculty view formal reviews and written summaries to be less effective than male faculty Theme 2- Overall Satisfaction – Female faculty place greater importance on availability of professional assistance for improving teaching and are less satisfied with their access to GA’s and TA’s than male faculty Gender Results

11. Theme 2- Teaching Satisfaction – Female faculty are more satisfied with: The quality of undergraduate students Their control over course content Theme 2- Research Satisfaction – Female faculty are less satisfied with amount of time to do research/creative work

12. Gender Results Theme 3- Institutional & Departmental Support of Work/Life Balance – Female faculty place greater importance on: Having modified duties for family/parental reasons Availability of PT tenure-track positions – Female faculty are in less agreement that the institution does what it can to make having and raising children compatible with a tenure-track career

13. Gender Results Theme 4- Mentoring – Female faculty report formal mentoring programs to be less effective Theme 5- Salary & Benefits – Female faculty place greater importance on the availability of paid or unpaid personal leave during the pre-tenure period Theme 5- Overall Satisfaction: Department & Institution – Female faculty plan to stay at the UA longer than male faculty

14. Diversity Results Theme 2- Satisfaction with Teaching – Racially or ethnically diverse faculty are less satisfied than non-diverse faculty with: The number of courses they teach Their discretion over course content Theme 3- Institutional & Departmental Support of Work/Life Balance – Diverse faculty reported modified duties to accommodate parental and family needs as more effective but there was no difference in level of importance

15. Diversity Results Theme 4- Mentoring – Diverse faculty are less satisfied with the intellectual vitality of pre-tenured faculty in their department than non-diverse faculty Theme 5- Salary & Benefits – Diverse faculty place greater importance on availability of financial assistance for housing with respect to their success as a tenure track faculty member Theme 5- Overall Satisfaction: Department & Institution – Racially non-diverse faculty plan to stay at the UA longer than diverse faculty

16. Theme 1- Reasonableness and clarity of expectations for scholarship, colleagueship, teaching, etc. in regard to earning tenure – Humanities faculty rated the clarity of expectations as a teacher higher than Engineering/Math/Stat/Computer Science faculty – Business faculty rated the clarity of expectations as a departmental colleague higher than Engineering/Math/ Stat/Computer Science faculty – Humanities, Business, and Education faculty rated the reasonableness of expectations as a scholar higher than Engineering/Math/Stat/Computer Science faculty Academic Discipline Results

17. Theme 2- Overall Satisfaction – Health and Human Ecology faculty place greater importance on professional assistance to improve teaching than Business faculty – Education faculty are more satisfied with computing services than faculty from Engineering/Math/Stat/Computer Science

18. Academic Discipline Results Theme 5- Salary & Benefits – Engineering/Math/Stat/Computer Science and Humanities faculty rated the importance of childcare higher than faculty in Education Theme 5- Overall Satisfaction: Department & Institution – Business faculty rated opportunities to participate in institutional level governance higher than faculty from Engineering/Math/Stat/Computer Science

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