NWIC Shared Governance Survey January 2010

Number of Reponses to the Survey The primary groups surveyed were administrators on the NWIC Leadership Team, full-time and prorata faculty, and members of the NWIC Board of Trustees. In total, 49 people responded to the survey: 23 of 23 full-time or prorata teaching faculty, including one faculty with administrative responsibilities who responded “other” (100% response rate) 17 of 23 Administrators on the Leadership Team and 1 other administrator (74% response rate) 3 of 5 NWIC Board of Trustee members (60% response rate) 6 additional people responded as “other” or “part-time faculty.” The other responses included people on the faculty list, including a scholar-in-residence and site administrators What is Your Position at NWIC?

How long have you worked or been on the Board at NWIC?

Which of the following college governance activities have you participated in since Sept. 2007? Other activities cited: Accreditation self-study, grants, strategic planning, Leadership Team, scheduling committee, listening session, working with funders and congressional representatives, student leadership, faculty roundtable, personnel policy committee, first year self-study, in service, 4 yr programming, holiday and special events committees, retention team, site management

To what extent does the administration, faculty and Board of Trustees model collegiality, respect, tolerance and civility towards other members of the campus community and each other? Mean = 3.9Mean = 3.7 ADMININISTRATORSFULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 3.7 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent do you believe that communications among administrators, faculty, the board of trustees and other members of the college community is open and carried out in good faith and in an atmosphere of trust? Mean = 3.9 Mean = 3.0 ADMININISTRATORSFULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 3.3 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent are you satisfied with your level of participation in the governance of NWIC? Mean = 4.2Mean = 2.9 ADMININISTRATORS FULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 3.3 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent do you feel adequately informed about issues that affect your work at NWIC? Mean = 4.1 Mean = 3.0 ADMININISTRATORSFULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 3.3 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent do you believe that NWIC's current system of shared governance works well? Mean = 3.5 Mean = 2.9 ADMININISTRATORSFULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 3.0 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent are you involved in the following aspects of decision making at NWIC? The value shown for each aspect is the mean of each group’s responses. Values range from 1 to 5, where 1 means that the respondent is not involved in that aspect of decision making at all, up to 5, which means that the respondent is involved in that aspect of decision making to a great extent. ADMININISTRATORS FULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY

To what extent do you believe that you have influence in the following areas? ADMININISTRATORS FULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY The value shown for each area is the mean of the group’s responses. Values range from 1 to 5, where 1 means that the respondent does not have any influence at all in that area, up to 5, which means that the respondent influences that area to a great extent.

To what extent do you believe that you should have influence in the following areas? ADMININISTRATORS FULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY The value shown for each area is the mean of the group’s responses. Values range from 1 to 5, where 1 means that the respondent should not have any influence at all in that area, up to 5, which means that the respondent should have influence in that area to a great extent.

To what extent are you knowledgeable about the cultural practices regarding governance practices among the Coast Salish? Mean = 2.5 ADMININISTRATORSFULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 2.6 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent are you knowledgeable about how shared governance is enacted at tribal colleges? Mean = 2.9Mean = 2.2 ADMININISTRATORSFULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 2.5 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent do you believe that shared governance will improve communication and transparency in decision making at NWIC? Mean = 3.5 Mean = 3.7 ADMININISTRATORSFULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 3.6 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent do you believe that shared governance will improve teaching and learning at NWIC? Mean = 3.2 Mean = 3.8 ADMININISTRATORS FULL-TIME/PRORATA FACULTY Mean for all 49 respondents = 3.6 Note: mean calculations do not include “0” responses (I’m not sure)

To what extent do you agree with each of the following statements about shared governance at NWIC? Administrators Faculty