Transcript COACHE 040716

Ad Hoc COACHE Analysis Committee
Report to the Baruch Faculty Senate
Findings of the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education
(COACHE) 2015 Survey of Baruch Faculty
April 7, 2016
Kapil Bawa, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, Zicklin School of Business
Micheline Blum, Director, Baruch College Survey Research, Distinguished Lecturer, School of Public Affairs
Gary Hentzi, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Associate Professor of English, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences
Rebecca Merkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences
Loren Naidoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences
Thomas Teufel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences
Richard Wilkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Weissman School of Arts & Sciences
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Introduction and Background
Baruch vs. Other CUNY Senior Colleges—Difference in Ratings
Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Difference in Ratings
Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Percentile Ranking for Governance and
Leadership
Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Percentile Ranking for Governance Items
Baruch vs. All Other Institutions—Percentile Ranking for Leadership Items
Baruch Mean Ratings for COACHE Benchmarks: Highest & Lowest Within
Baruch
Best and Worst Aspects of Working at Baruch
Summary: Comparisons and Conclusions
Introduction & Background
• COACHE Survey of CUNY Faculty conducted in 2015.
• Baruch Senate appointed Ad Hoc COACHE Analysis Committee
to analyze & report COACHE findings to Faculty Senate in Fall 2015.
• Committee did not have access to raw data for its analyses.
• Report reflects our reading of materials made available, including:
• Report compiled by COACHE, at Harvard, made available to faculty by Provost in fall 2015
• Compares overall performance of Baruch to peer institutions (selected by Provost
from limited list provided by COACHE), and to all other institutions
• Compares subgroups at our campus to subgroups at other institutions,
• Describes differences among certain subgroups within Baruch.
• Data not broken down by schools or departments within Baruch.
• Only additional material made available to Ad Hoc Committee:
• Table comparing Baruch faculty ratings of 26 benchmarks with combined mean
ratings by the 4 other CUNY Senior Colleges (Hunter, Brooklyn, City, Queens,Lehman).
Survey Assesses Faculty Experiences in Several Areas
Including These 26 Benchmarks
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Appreciation and Recognition
Collaboration
Departmental Collegiality
Departmental Engagement
Departmental Leadership
Departmental Quality
Division Leadership
Facilities And Work Resources
Faculty Leadership
Governance Adaptability
Governance Productivity
Governance Purpose
Governance Trust
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Governance Understanding
Health And Retirement Benefits
Interdisciplinary Work
Mentoring
Nature of Work - Research
Nature of Work - Service
Nature of Work - Teaching
Personal And Family Benefits
Promotion
Promotion Assoc
Senior Leadership
Tenure Clarity
Tenure Policies
• Goal: of COACHE survey
• to pinpoint problem areas– in policy, practice, demographics.
• Context:
• COACHE survey conducted when faculty had no contract & salaries not gone up in 6
years. This cannot account for differences between Baruch & other CUNY senior
colleges, but may account for some differences between CUNY & other institutions.
• Our report
• Includes comparison of Baruch faculty ratings of benchmarks with ratings of other
CUNY senior colleges combined -- not included in COACHE report.
• We also include charts comparing Baruch with “all other institutions” more clearly.
• Comparisons with “peer” institutions NOT included, because we believed these
institutions were not similar to Baruch and comparisons were not useful.
• Ratings are for aggregates of items, plus one individual item: satisfaction with
salary, given its relevance to context and its perceived importance to Baruch faculty.
• Also includes comparisons of faculty groups within Baruch showing most & least
satisfaction, list of best & worst aspects of working at Baruch
Baruch vs. other CUNY Senior Colleges – Difference in ratings
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• (Positive = Baruch perceived as better, Negative = Baruch perceived as worse)
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Compared to other CUNY senior colleges
Positives include:
Facilities and work resources
Interdisciplinary work
Research
Service
Collaboration
Division Leadership
Negatives include:
Tenure clarity
Appreciation and recognition
Senior leadership Governance adaptability
Faculty leadership Governance productivity
Benchmark: Departmental quality
Benchmark: Departmental engagement
Benchmark: Departmental collegiality
Benchmark: Appreciation and recognition
* Benchmark includes satisfaction rating for salary, shown as a separate item on the chart.
Benchmark: Leadership: Departmental
Benchmark: Leadership: Divisional
Benchmark: Leadership: Senior
Benchmark: Promotion
Benchmark: Tenure clarity
Benchmark: Tenure policies
Benchmark: Mentoring
Benchmark: Collaboration
Benchmark: Interdisciplinary work
Item: Salary
Benchmark: Health and retirement
benefits*
Benchmark: Personal and family policies
Benchmark: Facilities and work resources
Benchmark: Nature of Work: Teaching
Benchmark: Nature of Work: Service
Benchmark: Nature of Work Research
Baruch vs. all other institutions – Difference in Ratings
• (Positive = Baruch perceived as better, Negative = Baruch perceived as worse)
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Compared to other institutions, means for dept. quality & service marginally higher. Almost every other aspect rated
lower. Strong negatives include: Salary, Senior leadership, Tenure clarity, Personal and family policies,
Appreciation and recognition, Teaching, Health and retirement benefits
Baruch vs. all other institutions –
Percentile ranking for Governance and Leadership Benchmarks
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Governance:
Productivity
Governance: Trust
Governance: Shared
Purpose
Governance:
Understanding
Governance:
Adaptability
Leadership: Senior
Leadership: Divisional
Leadership:
Departmental
Leadership: Faculty
Compared to other institutions: Divisional Leadership & Departmental Leadership only benchmarks where Baruch’s
ratings in top half of population. Almost every other benchmark in bottom 20 percent of all institutions.
Baruch vs. all other institutions – Percentile ranking for Governance items
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Compared to other institutions, following dimensions of Governance in bottom 20% of all institutions:
Overall effectiveness of shared governance
I understand how to voice opinions about policies
Clear rules about the roles of faculty and administration
Important decisions are not made until there is consensus
Faculty and admin have a shared sense of responsibility
Faculty governance structures offer opportunities for input
Admin communicate rationale for important decisions
Faculty and admin have equal say in decisions
Institution regularly reviews effectiveness of governance
Institution cultivates new faculty leaders
“Institution regularly reviews effectiveness of governance”, rating in bottom 10% of all institutions.
Baruch vs. all other institutions – Percentile ranking for Leadership items
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Compared to other institutions, on leadership items most ratings for Deans and some for Heads/Chairs
are in top half. However, many dimensions of Leadership are in bottom 20% of all institutions:
President:
Pace of decision making, Stated priorities, Communication of priorities
Chief Academic Officer: Pace of decision making, Stated priorities, Communication of priorities
Faculty leadership:
Pace of decision making, Stated priorities, Ensuring faculty voices in decision making
Baruch Mean Ratings for COACHE Benchmarks: Highest & Lowest WITHIN Baruch
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HIGHEST WITHIN Baruch faculty
LOWEST WITHIN Baruch faculty
Benchmark
Appreciation And Recognition
Collaboration
Departmental Collegiality
Departmental Engagement
Departmental Leadership
Departmental Quality
Division Leadership
Facilities And Work Resources
Health And Retirement Benefits
Interdisciplinary Work
Mentoring
Nature of Work - Research
Nature of Work - Service
Nature of Work - Teaching
Personal And Family Benefits
Promotion
Senior Leadership
Tenure Clarity
TenureCompared
Policies to Overall Faculty Ratings:
Overall
Pre-Tenure
Associate Prof
Women
Faculty of
Color
Mean
3.07
Mean
3.29
Mean
2.78
Mean
3.07
Mean
3.01
3.44
3.55
3.24
3.40
3.22
3.83
3.92
3.65
3.79
3.77
3.52
3.52
3.53
3.46
3.40
3.66
3.63
3.48
3.38
3.37
3.64
3.69
3.46
3.69
3.39
3.22
3.59
3.01
3.08
3.29
3.36
3.73
3.29
3.37
3.18
3.42
3.60
3.47
3.47
3.32
2.68
3.00
2.52
2.67
2.70
2.93
3.03
2.69
2.91
2.79
3.11
3.28
2.89
2.99
2.97
3.34
3.36
3.16
3.25
3.16
3.52
3.48
3.39
3.39
3.46
2.80
2.94
2.80
2.75
2.82
3.50
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2.98
3.40
3.07
2.60
2.86
2.41
2.54
2.66
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3.09
3.38
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3.42
3.65
15 Highest
1 Highest
3 Highest
1 Highest
2 Lowest
10 Lowest
2 Lowest
7 Lowest
Pre-Tenure faculty gave highest ratings (15 highest)
Associate Professors gave lowest ratings (10 lowest)
Faculty of Color gave second lowest ratings (7 lowest)
3 Best Aspects of Working at Baruch (% Mentions):
• Geographic location (46%)
• Quality of colleagues (25%)
• Academic freedom (17%)
3 Worst Aspects of Working at Baruch (% Mentions):
• Compensation (42%)
• Teaching load (31%)
• Cost of living (20%)
2015 COACHE Survey of Baruch Faculty
Summary: Comparisons and Conclusions
• Baruch compared with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions
 Major concerns/weaknesses:
Negative comparisons with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions
• Senior Leadership
• Baruch’s ratings consistently lower than ratings at other institutions, both inside CUNY & outside.
• Areas scoring in bottom 20%, for both President & Chief Academic Officer are Pace of Decision Making,
Stated Priorities, and Communication of Priorities.
• While negative ratings of Baruch Senior Leadership may reflect negative views of CUNY Senior Leadership,
fact that Baruch’s ratings are lower than at other CUNY Senior Colleges indicates problem at Baruch.
• Governance
• Baruch ranks in bottom half of all institutions on most dimensions of Governance. Baruch ranks in bottom
10% in “Institute regularly reviews effectiveness of governance” & in bottom 20% in 10 other dimensions.
• Compared to other CUNY colleges, Baruch faculty ratings are lower in Governance Adaptability &
Governance Productivity.
• Tenure Clarity
• Baruch ratings lower than those at other CUNY Senior colleges and at all other institutions.
• Tenure Clarity ratings produced most negative comparison to combined ratings of other CUNY colleges.
• Appreciation and recognition
• Appreciation and Recognition of faculty is an area of weakness compared both to other CUNY colleges and to all
other institutions.
• Faculty Leadership
• Baruch’s ratings lower than at other CUNY colleges in Faculty Leadership.
• Salary
• Rating of single item, not aggregate of other items. Included because of relevance to CUNY colleges in context of
6 years without contract or raises.
• Baruch faculty’s rating of Salary is lower than aggregate ratings, compared to ratings at all other institutions.
• Personal and family policies, Teaching, Health and retirement benefits
• Baruch’s ratings are also lower than those at all other institutions in Personal and Family Policies, Teaching and
Health and Retirement Benefits (which includes salary)
 Major strengths: Positive comparisons with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions
 Divisional Leadership
• Divisional Leadership compares favorably with other CUNY senior colleges and with all other institutions, where its
percentile ranking is above 70%.
• Compared to all other institutions, ratings for the Deans are mostly above the 50th percentile, with particular
strength in Communication of Priorities, Pace of Decision Making, and Stated Priorities, the same areas which
showed weakness for the President/Chancellor and the Chief Academic Officer.
 Departmental Leadership
• Departmental Leadership is in the top half of all other institutions, but is not above mean for other CUNY senior
colleges.
• Ratings for Heads/Chairs strong in Fairness in Evaluating Work, Pace of Decision Making, Support in Adapting to
Change.
 Departmental Quality, Service
• Departmental Quality & Service are areas of strength compared to other CUNY senior colleges & to all other
institutions
 Facilities and Work Resources, Interdisciplinary Work, Collaboration
• Facilities and Work Resources, Interdisciplinary Work and Collaboration are areas of strength compared to other
CUNY senior colleges only.
Comparisons within Baruch itself:
Ratings of benchmarks by different categories of faculty compared to overall faculty ratings:
• Highest: Pre-Tenure faculty. Gave 15 highest ratings.
• Lowest: Associate Professors. Gave 10 lowest ratings.
• 2nd Lowest: Faculty of Color. Gave 7 lowest ratings.
3 Best Aspects of Working at Baruch
• Geographic location (46%mentions)
• Quality of colleagues (25% mentions)
• Academic freedom (17% mentions)
3 Worst Aspects of Working at Baruch
• Compensation (42% mentions)
• Teaching Load (31% mentions)
• Cost of living (20% mentions)
 The relative satisfaction of Pre-Tenure Faculty & dissatisfaction of Associate Professors and the
highlighting of “compensation” as the “worst aspect” of working at Baruch again point to the
contract and salary issues. The lack of a contract and of any faculty raises for six years,
could be expected to be more of a factor for those who have been at Baruch for 6+ years.
 We do not have comparison data for these items with other CUNY colleges.