1. State of the Faculty Survey Philip C. Wander President of the Faculty Senate LMU March 18 2010

2. When was the survey conducted? March 5 – 11, 2010 In one week

3. What’s the response rate? 368 faculty members received the survey 121 responded The response rate was 33%

4. Who responded to the survey?

5. Women 44% Men 56%

6. Age 49

7. # of dependents 2

8. Race African American 2% Asian 6% Multiracial 6% Hispanic/Latino 13% White 73%

9. Rank Associate professor 23% Assistant professor 32% Full Professor 45%

10. College Education 7% Film & Television 8% Communication & Fine Arts 13% Business 14% Science & Engineering 15% Bellarmine 45%

11. What did faculty tell us?

12. Who responded to the survey?

13. Senate Communication with Faculty

14. Senate Communication effectiveness mean score = 3 1-------------2-------------3-------------4-------------5 X

15. Let us guess … In senate communication with faculty which of the following works the worst? Which the best?

16. Form of Communication Listening Session Faculty Senate Website E-mails Newsletter Personal comm with senator(s)

17. Form of Senate Communication Mean Score Ranking in Communication Effectiveness Listening Session2.474 Faculty Senate Website2.21 5  E-mails3.96 1 Newsletter2.733 Personal comm with senator(s) 3.312 3.00

18. Faculty knowledge of what the senate accomplished

19. Let us guess again … Which of the following senate accomplishment faculty has the least knowledge of? And the most knowledge of?

20. #Faculty Senate Accomplished Item 2009-2010 1Faculty Representation in the Core Revision 2 Rank and Tenure Independent Review Committee Process 3Faculty Handbook revision regarding Clinical Faculty 4 Approval of the Undergraduate Learning Goals and Outcomes 5 Accepting the report and recommendations from the GreenTrans Subcommittee 6 Adopting the Governance Committee’s recommendations on the Regular and Periodic Evaluation of Academic Administrators. 7 Formation of the Committee on the Comprehensive Evaluation of Teaching

21. #Answer Faculty Knowledge Ranking % of Faculty who knew 1Faculty Representation in the Core Revision263% 2Rank and Tenure Independent Review 1 80% 3 Faculty Handbook revision re. Clinical Faculty 427% 4 Approving Undergraduate Learning Goals & Outcomes 618% 5 Accepting the GreenTrans Subcommittee Report 7  8% 6 Regular & Periodic Evaluation of Academic Administrators. 522% 7 Forming Committee on Comprehensive Teaching Evaluation 328%

22. What is faculty satisfaction with Senate representing them?

23. Senate representativeness mean score = 3 1-------------2-------------3-------------4-------------5 X

24. One last guess… Which of the following 3 items harbor the highest faculty anxiety?

25. #Faculty Anxiety Area 1Climate Issues 2Faculty Mentoring 3Faculty Governance 4Recruitment of tenure track faculty 5Recruitment of part-time/clinical faculty 6Rank and Tenure 7Core Curriculum 8Pre-Tenure retention review practice

26. #Faculty Anxiety Area Anxiety Ranking % 1Climate Issues441% 2Faculty Mentoring727% 3Faculty Governance 1  63% 4Recruitment of tenure track faculty633% 5Recruitment of part-time/clinical faculty815% 6Rank and Tenure 3  57% 7Core Curriculum 2  60% 8Pre-Tenure retention review practice534%

27. Top issues faculty wanted to see on the Senate Agenda …

28. RankingWhat Faculty Thought the Senate Should Address Impor- tance 1 Administration’s responsiveness to issues that impact faculty. 4.03 2Administration’s consistency and accountability.3.98 3Improving tenured/tenure track faculty working conditions.3.67 4Rank and Tenure process.3.63 5Governance issues at LMU.3.53 6Improvement in LMU information technology.3.39 7Climate issues at LMU.3.22 8Faculty Service report process.3.14 9LMU faculty committee structure and accountability.3.09 10Housing issues among faculty at LMU.3.07 11 Improving part-time/adjunct/clinical faculty working conditions. 2.97 12Dining/food issues at LMU.2.58 12Child Care issues among faculty at LMU2.58 38 written responses from faculty – to be coded

29. Conclusion 1. Craft the senate agenda to represent faculty better: a. Administration’s responsiveness, consistency and accountability b. Improving faculty working condition 2. Feel the pulse of the faculty and address top areas of faculty anxiety: a. governance b. R&T c. Core d. Climate 3. Communicate better with faculty about what we plan to do and what we have accomplished.