survey of policies affecting tenured and tenure-track faculty
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Survey of policies affecting tenured and tenure-track faculty. Administered by Appalachian State University’s Faculty Senate, March, 2011. Preliminary data results, April 2011. Demographics of respondents. 378 faculty (50.5% response rate) College of respondents:43.8% CAS 11.5% COB - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Survey of policies affecting tenured and tenure-track
faculty
Administered by Appalachian State University’s Faculty Senate, March, 2011.
Preliminary data results, April 2011.
Demographics of respondents
• 378 faculty (50.5% response rate)
• College of respondents: 43.8% CAS11.5% COB13.4% COE8.2% COHS13.4% FAA4.1% MUS4.4% LIB1.1% UC
• Rank of respondents: 36% Assistant professor24.5% Associate
professor39.5% Full
professor
How do faculty identify?
Please indicate how you would describe your current professional identity
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Do you support the idea of a differential approach
to tenure-track workload?
• To be elected/assigned after tenure
• 3/2 with high research productivity
• 3/3 with moderate research productivity
• 4/3 with little research productivity
Do you support the idea of a differential approach to tenure-track workload as described?
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77.9% Support or strongly support10.4% Neutral 9.9%Oppose or strongly oppose 1.9% Other
Current Faculty Handbook language for appointment to Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor
( a) The appropriate earned terminal degree from an accredited institution, unless there are exceptional circumstances; ( b) Demonstrated ability in teaching; ( c) Evidence of ability in at least one of the following: ( i) research or other germane creative activity; (ii) professional service to the University and/or to the public; and ( d) Willingness to participate in institutional affairs.
Should there be a Faculty Handbook change to require evidence of research AND service
for promotion to Full Professor?
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73% support or strongly support11% neutral15% oppose or strongly oppose1.1% other
Should there be a Faculty Handbook change to require evidence of research AND service
for promotion to Associate Professor?
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69.1% support or strongly support10.9 neutral19.2 opposed or strongly oppose0.8% other
Should there be a Faculty Handbook change to require evidence of potential for BOTH research
AND service for appointment to Assistant Professor?
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59.8% support or strongly support13.3 neutral25.5% oppose or strongly oppose1.3 other
Should external letters of recommendation be required for
promotion and tenure?
Promotion to Full:
28.0% said no letters
10.1% said one letter
30.2% said two
25.8% said three
5.2% said four
Tenure and Promotion to Associate:
38.2% said no letters
15.7% said one letter
26.6% said two
16.5% said three
3.0% said four
Should the university institute college-level rank and tenure committees?
• Each college would have its own committee• Each department would elect a representative and
alternate• Promotion and tenure applications would go to this
committee after the DPC and department chair but before the college dean
• The college-level committee would NOT start from scratch in evaluating the dossier
• The college-level committee would make sure that the department’s stated processes and requirements were met.
Should the university institute college-level rank and tenure committees as described?
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40.3% support or strongly support 39.1% oppose or strongly oppose
If we had college rank and tenure committees, who should be eligible
to be elected to serve on them?
12.9% responded: Only tenured faculty at the rank of Full
52.8% responded: All tenured faculty
21.0% responded: All tenured and tenure-track faculty
Stay tuned for more….
We will continue to process the data in order to find outhow survey responses broke down by rank and college.