HERI FACULTY SURVEY

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HERI FACULTY SURVEY

• Surveys mailed through campus mail to all
  Full-Time faculty during the Spring 2005 semester
• A follow-up second mailing for non-respondents
  was conducted 4 weeks later
• Approximately, 50 of the Full-Time Undergraduate
  faculty responded.

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DO YOU, TO A GREAT EXTENT
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Do you, to a great extent engage in academic
work that spans multiple disciplines?
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Do you, to a great extent feel that the training
you received in graduate school prepared you well
for your role as a faculty mentor?
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Do you, to a great extent achieve a healthy
balance between your personal life and your
professional life?
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Do you, to a great extent feel that your work
adds meaning to your life?
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Do you, to a great extent consider yourself a
religious person?
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Do you, to a great extent experience close
alignment between your work and your personal
values?
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Do you, to a great extent seek opportunities to
grow spiritually?
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Do you, to a great extent feel that you have to
work harder than your colleagues to be perceived
as a legitimate scholar?
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GOALS FOR UNDERGRADUATES NOTED AS VERY
IMPORTANT OR ESSENTIAL
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Prepare students for employment after college
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Develop moral character
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Enhance students knowledge of and appreciation
for other racial/ethnic groups
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Instill a basic appreciation of the liberal arts
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Enhance spiritual Development
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Personal goals noted as very important or
essential
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Becoming an authority in my field
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Influencing the political structure
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Being very well off financially
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Helping to promote racial understanding
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Integrating spirituality into my life
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Achieving congruence between my own values and
institutional values
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AGREE STRONGLY OR SOMEWHAT
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Racial and ethnic diversity should be more
strongly reflected in the curriculum
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Faculty feel that most students are well-prepared
academically
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Faculty here are strongly interested in the
academic problems of undergraduates
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Most students are strongly committed to community
service
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My research is valued by faculty in my department
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There is adequate support for integrating
technology in my teaching
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There is adequate support for integrating
technology in my teaching
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My department has difficulty recruiting faculty
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ISSUES YOU BELIEVE TO BE OF HIGH OR HIGHEST
PRIORITY AT YOUR INSTITUTION
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To promote the intellectual development of
students
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To enhance the institutions national image
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To help students learn how to bring about change
in American society
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To create a diverse multi-cultural campus
environment
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ATTRIBUTES NOTED AS BEING VERY DESCRIPTIVE OF
YOUR INSTITUTION
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It is easy for students to see faculty outside of
regular office hours
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The faculty are typically at odds with campus
administration
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Faculty here respect each other
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Most students are treated like numbers in a book
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There is respect for the expression of diverse
values and beliefs
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ASPECTS OF YOUR JOB NOTED AS VERY SATISFACTORY
OR SATISFACTORY
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Teaching load
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Social relationships with other faculty
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Competency of colleagues
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Relationship with administration
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Factors noted as a source of stress for you
during the last two years
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Faculty Meetings
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Teaching Load
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Lack of Personal Time
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Being part of a dual career couple
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Self-imposed high expectations
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Agree strongly or somewhat
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The chief benefit of a college education is that
it increases ones earning power
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Tenure is an outmoded concept
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Tenure is essential to attract the best minds to
academe
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Colleges should be concerned with facilitating
undergraduate students spiritual development