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Advancing Faculty Success
Understanding Perspectives on
Satisfaction, Climate and Culture at RIT
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
COACHE Lecturer Data Presentation
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Acknowledging COACHE
Communications Task Force Members
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Lynn Wild (Co-Chair; The Wallace Center)
Laurie Clayton (Co-Chair; AdvanceRIT)
M. Renee Baker (Faculty Recruitment & Retention)
Bob Barbato (SCB)
Paul Craig (COS)
Ellen Rosen (University News)
Pat Scanlon (COLA)
Maureen Valentine (Co-Chair; CAST, AdvanceRIT)
Teresa Wolcott (CAST)
Julia Lisuzzo (The Wallace Center)
2012 COACHE Survey
• Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education
– Initiated by RIT fall 2012
– Open to all - non-administrative full-time faculty
– About 70 schools participated
• RIT was part of the inaugural launch of the Non-Tenure
Track survey in 2012
– Response rate was on par with the other 11
participating institutions
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Who participated in COACHE
Eligibility to participate in the COACHE survey
was determined according to the following:
• Full-time faculty only
• Not hired in the same year as survey
administration
• Not in terminal year
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Participating Institutions – NTT Survey
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Indiana University – Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Kansas State University
New School University
North Carolina State University
Otterbein University
Purdue University
Radford University
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Missouri – Columbia
University of Washington – Tacoma
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
*Limited number of participant institutions in the NTT module, as this is a new area for COACHE
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Definitions
• RIT NTT Mean = the mean from non-tenure track
faculty at RIT (which includes research faculty)
• RIT T/TT Mean = the mean for all tenured and
tenure track faculty at RIT
• External Mean = the aggregated mean for the 11
other schools that participated in the NTT Module
• Faculty of color or “foc” = Any respondent
identified by his or her institution or self-identifying
in the survey as non-White.
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Response Rates
• RIT’s T/TT overall response rate – 59%
• RIT’s NTT overall response rate – 46%
– Subpopulations
• Men - 47%
• Women - 46%
• Faculty of Color (FOC) - 38%
• Length of Contract
Fixed–Term Renewable– 58%
1 – 2 Years: 73%
3 – 4 Years: 15%
2 Semesters: 7%
• Primary Responsibility
– Teaching - 85%
- Research - 4%
Rolling – 26%
Response Rates
University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Overall
RIT
Non-Tenured
Track
RIT
Tenure &
Tenure Track
Population
Responders
Response Rate
Population
Responders
Response Rate
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46%
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59%
Men
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47%
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Women
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46%
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65%
White
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48%
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60%
FOC
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38%
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58%
*Overall response rates for Non-tenure track faculty at other Institutions unavailable
from COACHE
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Results at a Glance
RIT NTT:RIT T/TT Data
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RIT NTT Mean
RIT T/TT Mean
Results at a Glance
RIT NTT:External NTT
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RIT NTT Mean
External Mean
University “Top” Areas
Highest Scores
• Departmental Collegiality
– RIT NTT Mean: 3.92
• Health and Retirement
Benefits
– RIT NTT Mean: 3.88
• Leadership: Departmental
Lowest Scores
• Interdisciplinary Work
– RIT NTT Mean: 2.86
• Nature of Work: Research
– RIT NTT Mean: 2.96
• Mentoring
– RIT NTT Mean: 2.99
– RIT NTT Mean: 3.84
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Other areas to consider
University
Encouraging
• Nature of Work: Teaching
• Facilities and Work
Resources
• Personal and Family
Policies
• Departmental Quality
• Collaboration
Need more information
• Appreciation and
Recognition
• Departmental Engagement
• Leadership: Divisional
• Nature of Work: Service
• Leadership: Senior
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Response Rates
NTID
Population:
Respondents:
Response Rate:
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46%
*Response rates for sub-populations unavailable at the
college level
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Results at a Glance
NTID NTT:NTID T/TT
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3.50
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NTID NTT
NTID T/TT
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Results at a Glance
NTID NTT:RIT NTT
4.50
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NTID NTT
RIT NTT
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NTID NTT “Top” Areas
Highest Scores
• Health & Retirement
Benefits
– NTID NTT Mean: 3.82
• Nature of Work Teaching
– NTID NTT Mean: 3.82
Lowest Scores
• Interdisciplinary Work
– NTID NTT Mean: 2.63
• Departmental Engagement
– NTID NTT Mean: 2.89
• Nature of Work - Research
– NTID NTT Mean: 3.05
• Departmental Collegiality
– NTID NTT Mean: 3.81
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Other areas to consider
NTID
Encouraging
Need more information
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Facilities & Work Resources
Senior Leadership
Nature of Work – Service
Appreciation & Recognition
Mentoring
Division Leadership
Departmental Quality
Collaboration
Personal & Family Benefits
Departmental Leadership
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FOLLOW UP EFFORTS
Restoration of Travel Support
(NTID remains the only college to provide designated
funds for Lecturer travel)
Round Two of Innovation Funding – October 15
Deadline
Open to Lecturers
Establishment of Working Families Committee under
Marianne Gustafson
FOLLOW UP EFFORTS
Followed RIT Timelines for Market Adjustment
Discussions with Provost and HR about Lecturer
involvement in research and terminal degree support
Establishment of advisory committee to review NTID
Salary Process and appropriateness of modification
with respect to use of comparison groups