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