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The Collaboration on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)
2008-2009 Survey of Non-Tenured Tenure Track Faculty

NC State Peer Comparisons:
Overall, by Gender, and by Race/Ethnicity


Before you get started: Some helpful information for using and understanding the Peer Comparisons files...

COACHE “Themes”
COACHE categorized survey questions into one of 5 different topical themes. There is a separate "Peer Comparison" 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 Peer Comparison files for several “themes” include individual worksheets or ‘tabs.’ For example, several of the COACHE themes included multiple survey items grouped into a ‘subtopic’ under that specific theme. Results from these ‘subtopics’ are presented in separate worksheets. In some cases separate worksheets with frequencies of results are presented for items for which it is inappropriate to report means.

    “Presentation” vs “Print” File Options
    Each Peer Comparison 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
  • Peer Comparison Data Files (Excel files)
    NC State mean ratings compared to those of our COACHE peer group overall, by gender, and by race/ethnicity. The NC State peer group consists of:

  • Clemson University
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Missouri-Columbia
  • University of Tennessee
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Tenure
    Note: Each file includes 4 separate worksheets: a)Tenure Practices Overall; b)Tenure Expectations: Reasonableness; c)Tenure Expectations: Clarity; d)Policy/Practice: Importance and Effectiveness

    Nature of Work
    Note: Each file includes 3 separate worksheets: a)Nature of Work: Overall; b) Teaching; c) Research

    Policy/Practice
    Note: Each file includes 6 separate worksheets: a)Climate/Culture; b) Tenure; c) Research; d) Teaching; e) Work/Home Balance; f) Compensation. In addition, each worksheet includes 2 tables, one for items asking about the importance of such policies/practices, and the other asking about the effectiveness of such policies/practices.

    Climate, Culture, and Collegiality

    Global Satisfaction
    Note: Each file includes 2 separate worksheets: a) Mean ratings; b) Frequencies (results for categorical questions; excluded from mean ratings).

    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