Faculty Well-Being Survey: Assessment Activities Presentation for the NC State Assessment Work Group May 2, 2007 Nancy Whelchel, PhD Assistant Director for Survey Research University Planning and Analysis

2 Overview Brief update Participation in program assessment Familiarity with program assessment Input into program assessment Support for assessment activities

3 Update: The Bottom Line… Results are generalizable to NC State faculty –69.7% response rate No significant differences in response rates among subgroups Overall results are generally positive

4 Update: Results posted on web Executive summary (overall results) Research methods Annotated questionnaire Tables by: –College Overall results Tenure-track faculty only (coming soon) Academic and demographic profiles (coming soon) –Academic Profile (rank, tenure status, administrative experience) –Demographic Profile (gender, race/ethnicity, citizenship, age, # years at NC State) Select presentations & topical reports Invitation for feedback

5 Participation in academic program assessment: Question wording M2. About what proportion of the hours indicated above do you typically spend on each of the following general activities? (Remember to have all your activities total to 100 percent!) Under each general activity please mark which of the specific activities are included in the work you do. M2f: Service Work M2f_4: Academic program assessment activities (yes)

6 Participation in academic program assessment activities: by college

7 Participation in academic program assessment activities: by rank, gender, & race

8 Familiarity with academic program assessment: Question wording D2. How familiar are you with academic program assessment in your department? (Very familiar, somewhat familiar, Not very familiar, Not at all familiar)

9 Familiarity with academic program assessment activities in department: by college

10 Familiarity w/ academic program assessment activities: by participation in assessment (N=260) (N=769)

11 Input on program assessment activities: Question wording D1. I am encouraged to provide input on B. Program assessment activities (Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree)

12 Input on program assessment activities: By college

13 Input on program assessment activities: By participation in assessment activities (N=261) (N=764)

14 Support for assessment activities: Question wording G4. How satisfied are you personally with each of the following? k. Support for assessment activities in the department (Very satisfied, Satisfied, Dissatisfied, Very dissatisfied, Insufficient evidence to judge)

15 “Insufficient evidence to judge” satisfaction with support for department assessment activities: By college

16 Satisfaction with support for department assessment activities: By college (N=42) (N=136) (N=6) (N=23) (N=70) (N=23) (N=116) (N=181) (N=46) (N=45) (N=35) (N=22) (N=745)

17 Satisfaction with support for department assessment activities: By participation in assessment activities (N=506)(N=224) (N=506)

18 Satisfaction with support for department assessment activities among those participating in academic program assessment activities: By college (N=23) (N=12) (N=9) (N=10) (N=16) (N=38) (N=13) (N=31) (N=9) (N=43) (N=4) (N=16)

19 Satisfaction with support for department assessment activities among those NOT participating in academic program assessment activities: By college (N=30) (N=18) (N=10) (N=24) (N=14) (N=102) (N=135) (N=51) (N=31) (N=75) (N=14) (N=1)

20 Satisfaction with support for department assessment activities: By familiarity with academic program assessment in department (N=294) (N=354) (N=70) (N=18)

21 Satisfaction with support for department assessment activities, among those familiar with department assessment activities: By college (N=38) (N=118) (N=28) (N=20) (N=38) (N=22) (N=153) (N=109) (N=36) (N=62) (N=6) (N=17)

22 Open-end comments: “Assessment” (see handout) When you think about your own personal experiences at NC State University, what would you say are the most positive aspects of being a member of the faculty here? –0 out of 869 respondents What are the most serious problems or concerns that you have in working at NC State? –10 out of 873 respondents What do you think are the most significant changes that should be made at NC State to improve or enhance the quality of your work life here? –21 out of 818 respondents