The Collaboration on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)
Survey of Non-Tenured Tenure Track Faculty
Change over Time:
A Comparison of 2004-2005 and 2008-2009 Survey Results for NC State
Before you get started: Some helpful information for using and understanding the "Change over Time" files...
COACHE “Themes”
COACHE categorized survey questions into one of 5 different topical themes. There is a separate "Change over Time" file with results for each individual “theme." Specifically, these are:
Tenure
Nature of Work
Policy/Practice
Climate, Culture, and Collegiality
Global Satisfaction
Worksheets within Individual Files
To make the tables of results more manageable and/or comprehensible, the "Change over Time" files for a “theme” might include individual worksheets or ‘tabs.’ Worksheets for a given theme are identified below.
“Presentation” vs “Print” File Options
Each "Change over Time" file has two versions, both of which report the same findings:
Color-coded to highlight noteworthy results (better for online and presentation displays)
Printer-friendly, using shading to highlight noteworthy results
Measuring the Extent of Change (“Percent Difference”)
COACHE calculates the difference in the mean scores for each item by subtracting the mean from the 2004-2005 survey from that of the 2008-2009 survey, then dividing that number by the range of response options for the question. For example, the tenure item "In my opinion, tenure decisions here are made primarily on performance-based criteria rather than on non-performance based criteria" had a mean rating of 3.91 in 2008-2009 and 3.51 in 2004-2005, using a 5-point scale where "1" = "strongly disagree," "2" = "somewhat disagree," "3"="neither agree nor disagree," "4"="somewhat agree," and "5"="strongly agree." The percent difference would be (3.91-3.51)/4, or 10%. (Note that the "range" of response options is equal to the total number of response options minus one.) For more information on calculating "percent difference" see COACHE's "Guide to your report," pages 7-8.
"Change over Time" Data Files (Excel files)
Each file includes NC State's mean rating for the question item in the 2004-2005 and in the 2008-2009 COACHE Survey, as well as the "Percent Difference" (described above) for all respondents, by gender and by race/ethnicity. Items that were not available in both survey years, for which there are fewer than five respondents in one or more survey year, and those for which a mean cannot be calculated (i.e., categorical variables) are excluded from the "Change over Time" data tables.
Policy/Practice
Note: Each file includes 2 separate worksheets, one for the questions asking about "importance" of a policy/practice and the other asking about the "effectiveness" of the policy/practice.
Note: Each file includes 2 separate worksheets, one for the questions asking about "importance" of a policy/practice and the other asking about the "effectiveness" of the policy/practice.
Change over Time: Overall Improvements and Declines in Ratings
2004-2005 and 2008-2009 mean ratings and percent change, overall and by gender and by race, for all items, with separate worksheets for those items where there has been a) a noteworthy improvement in ratings; b) a noteworthy decline in ratings; and c) no noteworthy change in ratings. All items are ranked ordered from largest to smallest percent change.
2004-2005 and 2008-2009 mean ratings and percent change, overall and by gender and by race, for all items, with separate worksheets for those items where there has been a) a noteworthy improvement in ratings; b) a noteworthy decline in ratings; and c) no noteworthy change in ratings. All items are ranked ordered from largest to smallest percent change.
no print version available
Contacts:
Dr. Betsy E. Brown
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
North Carolina State University
206 Holladay Hall
Campus Box 7112
Raleigh NC 27695-7112
Phone: 919-513-7741
Fax: 919-515-1587
Email: betsy_brown@ncsu.edu
Dr. Nancy Whelchel
Associate Director for Survey Research
Office of Institutional Planning and Research
North Carolina State University
Campus Box 7002
Raleigh, NC 27695-7002
Phone: 919-515-4184
Email: nancy_whelchel@ncsu.edu
Posted: August, 2010