2011 COACHE Survey
Section: Global Satisfaction

Tables of Results
by Demographic Profile

This report provides responses to the 2011 COACHE Survey broken down by tenure status, rank, gender, race/ethnicity, citizenship and administrative responsibilities. Results include those from non-tenure track, pre-tenure, and tenured faculty, combined. Responses from Librarians are excluded from the results presented below. The 2011 COACHE Table of Contents page provides access to alternative reports. For more information on survey methods and administration, see the 2011 COACHE Survey Final Report.

If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Tenure Status
If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
Mean Rating	3.77	3.97	3.82	3.71
5: Strongly agree	35.8%	41.7%	42.1%	32.8%
4: Somewhat agree	30.7%	30.3%	27.0%	31.6%
3: Neither agree nor disagree	14.7%	15.4%	10.3%	15.4%
2: Somewhat disagree	12.4%	8.0%	11.9%	13.8%
1: Strongly disagree	6.4%	4.6%	8.7%	6.4%
Total (N)	911	175	126	610

If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Rank
If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
Mean Rating	3.73	3.77	3.63	3.77
5: Strongly agree	34.4%	40.8%	29.6%	35.1%
4: Somewhat agree	30.8%	26.7%	33.2%	30.8%
3: Neither agree nor disagree	14.5%	10.0%	16.8%	14.6%
2: Somewhat disagree	13.5%	13.3%	11.1%	14.9%
1: Strongly disagree	6.8%	9.2%	9.3%	4.6%
Total (N)	736	120	226	390

If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Gender
If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Female	Male
Mean Rating	3.77	3.76	3.78
5: Strongly agree	35.8%	37.7%	34.9%
4: Somewhat agree	30.7%	28.4%	31.8%
3: Neither agree nor disagree	14.7%	14.7%	14.7%
2: Somewhat disagree	12.4%	10.3%	13.4%
1: Strongly disagree	6.4%	8.9%	5.2%
Total (N)	911	292	619

If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
Mean Rating	3.77	3.81	3.53
5: Strongly agree	35.8%	36.8%	30.0%
4: Somewhat agree	30.8%	30.8%	30.8%
3: Neither agree nor disagree	14.6%	14.7%	13.8%
2: Somewhat disagree	12.4%	12.3%	13.1%
1: Strongly disagree	6.4%	5.4%	12.3%
Total (N)	910	780	130

If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Citizenship
If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
Mean Rating	3.78	3.78	3.72
5: Strongly agree	36.0%	35.9%	36.8%
4: Somewhat agree	30.8%	31.1%	27.6%
3: Neither agree nor disagree	14.8%	14.7%	16.1%
2: Somewhat disagree	12.2%	12.4%	10.3%
1: Strongly disagree	6.3%	6.0%	9.2%
Total (N)	904	817	87

If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
If starting over, I would again choose to work at NC State	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
Mean Rating	3.78	4.07	3.71
5: Strongly agree	36.0%	45.1%	33.7%
4: Somewhat agree	30.8%	28.6%	31.4%
3: Neither agree nor disagree	14.7%	17.0%	14.1%
2: Somewhat disagree	12.3%	7.1%	13.6%
1: Strongly disagree	6.2%	2.2%	7.2%
Total (N)	905	182	723

All things considered, satisfaction with department as a place to work	NCSU	Tenure Status
	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
Mean Rating	3.84	3.95	3.98	3.78
5: Very satisfied	29.5%	31.7%	36.1%	27.4%
4: Satisfied	44.4%	43.4%	43.6%	44.8%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.9%	14.8%	7.5%	12.0%
2: Dissatisfied	9.3%	7.9%	7.5%	10.1%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.9%	2.1%	5.3%	5.7%
Total (N)	956	189	133	634

All things considered, satisfaction with department as a place to work	NCSU	Rank
	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
Mean Rating	3.82	3.95	3.65	3.87
5: Very satisfied	28.9%	35.7%	23.5%	30.0%
4: Satisfied	44.6%	42.9%	45.3%	44.7%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.2%	7.9%	12.0%	11.8%
2: Dissatisfied	9.6%	7.9%	11.5%	9.1%
1: Very dissatisfied	5.6%	5.6%	7.7%	4.4%
Total (N)	767	126	234	407

All things considered, satisfaction with department as a place to work	NCSU	Gender
	NCSU	Female	Male
Mean Rating	3.84	3.77	3.88
5: Very satisfied	29.5%	27.2%	30.6%
4: Satisfied	44.4%	44.3%	44.4%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.9%	12.3%	11.7%
2: Dissatisfied	9.3%	10.1%	8.9%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.9%	6.0%	4.4%
Total (N)	956	316	640

All things considered, satisfaction with department as a place to work	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
Mean Rating	3.84	3.85	3.77
5: Very satisfied	29.5%	30.1%	26.4%
4: Satisfied	44.3%	43.8%	47.1%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.9%	12.4%	9.3%
2: Dissatisfied	9.3%	9.0%	11.4%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.9%	4.8%	5.7%
Total (N)	955	815	140

All things considered, satisfaction with department as a place to work	NCSU	Citizenship
	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
Mean Rating	3.84	3.85	3.78
5: Very satisfied	29.6%	30.1%	25.8%
4: Satisfied	44.2%	44.1%	45.2%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.8%	11.5%	15.1%
2: Dissatisfied	9.4%	9.4%	9.7%
1: Very dissatisfied	5.0%	5.0%	4.3%
Total (N)	948	855	93

All things considered, satisfaction with department as a place to work	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
Mean Rating	3.85	4.04	3.80
5: Very satisfied	29.7%	38.5%	27.6%
4: Satisfied	44.5%	39.6%	45.7%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.8%	13.9%	11.3%
2: Dissatisfied	9.2%	3.7%	10.5%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.8%	4.3%	5.0%
Total (N)	949	187	762

All things considered, satisfaction with NC State as a place to work	NCSU	Tenure Status
	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
Mean Rating	3.65	3.84	3.65	3.59
5: Very satisfied	19.1%	22.9%	26.3%	16.5%
4: Satisfied	45.9%	48.9%	35.3%	47.2%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	20.3%	19.1%	20.3%	20.6%
2: Dissatisfied	10.4%	6.9%	13.5%	10.8%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.4%	2.1%	4.5%	5.1%
Total (N)	953	188	133	632

All things considered, satisfaction with NC State as a place to work	NCSU	Rank
	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
Mean Rating	3.60	3.60	3.52	3.65
5: Very satisfied	18.2%	24.6%	13.7%	18.7%
4: Satisfied	45.1%	34.9%	46.4%	47.5%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	20.5%	21.4%	23.6%	18.5%
2: Dissatisfied	11.2%	14.3%	11.2%	10.3%
1: Very dissatisfied	5.0%	4.8%	5.2%	4.9%
Total (N)	765	126	233	406

All things considered, satisfaction with NC State as a place to work	NCSU	Gender
	NCSU	Female	Male
Mean Rating	3.65	3.64	3.65
5: Very satisfied	19.1%	19.4%	19.0%
4: Satisfied	45.9%	45.7%	45.9%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	20.3%	19.0%	20.8%
2: Dissatisfied	10.4%	11.7%	9.7%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.4%	4.1%	4.5%
Total (N)	953	315	638

All things considered, satisfaction with NC State as a place to work	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
Mean Rating	3.65	3.67	3.55
5: Very satisfied	19.1%	19.2%	18.6%
4: Satisfied	45.9%	46.2%	44.3%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	20.2%	20.4%	18.6%
2: Dissatisfied	10.4%	10.3%	10.7%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.4%	3.8%	7.9%
Total (N)	952	812	140

All things considered, satisfaction with NC State as a place to work	NCSU	Citizenship
	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
Mean Rating	3.65	3.65	3.69
5: Very satisfied	19.2%	18.7%	23.7%
4: Satisfied	46.0%	46.5%	41.9%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	20.2%	20.2%	20.4%
2: Dissatisfied	10.3%	10.6%	7.5%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.3%	4.1%	6.5%
Total (N)	945	852	93

All things considered, satisfaction with NC State as a place to work	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
Mean Rating	3.66	3.83	3.61
5: Very satisfied	19.2%	24.1%	18.1%
4: Satisfied	46.0%	50.3%	44.9%
3: Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	20.2%	14.4%	21.6%
2: Dissatisfied	10.3%	7.5%	10.9%
1: Very dissatisfied	4.3%	3.7%	4.5%
Total (N)	946	187	759

Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Tenure Status
Intended time at NC State	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
For no more than five years	33.7%	17.5%	26.7%	38.0%
More than five years but less than ten	21.8%	12.5%	13.3%	24.9%
Ten years or more	44.5%	70.0%	60.0%	37.0%
Total (N)	537	80	60	397

Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Rank
Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
For no more than five years	36.5%	26.7%	32.5%	40.4%
More than five years but less than ten	23.4%	13.3%	19.2%	27.4%
Ten years or more	40.0%	60.0%	48.3%	32.1%
Total (N)	457	60	120	277

Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Gender
Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Female	Male
For no more than five years	33.7%	31.1%	34.9%
More than five years but less than ten	21.8%	23.2%	21.2%
Ten years or more	44.5%	45.7%	44.0%
Total (N)	537	164	373

Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
Intended time at NC State	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
For no more than five years	33.7%	35.3%	23.2%
More than five years but less than ten	21.8%	23.1%	13.0%
Ten years or more	44.5%	41.7%	63.8%
Total (N)	537	468	69

Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Citizenship
Intended time at NC State	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
For no more than five years	33.7%	34.0%	30.6%
More than five years but less than ten	21.9%	23.1%	10.2%
Ten years or more	44.4%	42.9%	59.2%
Total (N)	534	485	49

Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
Intended time at NC State	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
For no more than five years	33.6%	33.9%	33.5%
More than five years but less than ten	21.8%	27.8%	20.2%
Ten years or more	44.6%	38.3%	46.3%
Total (N)	536	115	421

If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Tenure Status
If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
To improve your salary/benefits	21.7%	24.7%	26.2%	19.8%
To find a more collegial work environment	2.4%	2.7%	2.3%	2.3%
To find an employer who provides more resources in support of your work	10.0%	3.8%	13.1%	11.3%
To work at an institution whose priorities match your own	9.7%	9.1%	10.0%	9.8%
To pursue an administrative position in higher education	4.2%	.	1.5%	6.0%
To pursue a nonacademic job	2.5%	2.2%	2.3%	2.6%
To improve the employment opportunities for your spouse/partner	2.4%	1.6%	5.4%	1.9%
For other family or personal needs	5.9%	8.6%	6.2%	5.0%
To improve your quality of life	6.1%	5.4%	10.0%	5.5%
To retire	23.0%	20.4%	3.1%	27.9%
To improve your prospects for promotion	3.5%	11.8%	2.3%	1.3%
To move to a preferred geographic location	3.4%	2.7%	9.2%	2.4%
Other	1.8%	4.3%	0.8%	1.3%
There is no reason why I would choose to leave NC State	3.5%	2.7%	7.7%	2.9%
Total (N)	936	186	130	620

If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Rank
If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
To improve your salary/benefits	20.9%	26.0%	25.7%	16.6%
To find a more collegial work environment	2.3%	2.4%	3.5%	1.5%
To find an employer who provides more resources in support of your work	11.6%	13.0%	13.0%	10.3%
To work at an institution whose priorities match your own	9.9%	10.6%	12.2%	8.3%
To pursue an administrative position in higher education	5.2%	1.6%	3.9%	7.1%
To pursue a nonacademic job	2.5%	2.4%	2.2%	2.8%
To improve the employment opportunities for your spouse/partner	2.5%	5.7%	2.2%	1.8%
For other family or personal needs	5.2%	5.7%	7.4%	3.8%
To improve your quality of life	6.3%	10.6%	4.3%	6.0%
To retire	23.6%	3.3%	15.2%	34.8%
To improve your prospects for promotion	1.5%	2.4%	2.2%	0.8%
To move to a preferred geographic location	3.6%	9.8%	3.0%	2.0%
Other	1.2%	0.8%	1.3%	1.3%
There is no reason why I would choose to leave NC State	3.7%	5.7%	3.9%	3.0%
Total (N)	750	123	230	397

If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Gender
If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Female	Male
To improve your salary/benefits	21.7%	21.8%	21.7%
To find a more collegial work environment	2.4%	3.2%	1.9%
To find an employer who provides more resources in support of your work	10.0%	10.1%	10.0%
To work at an institution whose priorities match your own	9.7%	8.4%	10.4%
To pursue an administrative position in higher education	4.2%	3.6%	4.5%
To pursue a nonacademic job	2.5%	2.3%	2.5%
To improve the employment opportunities for your spouse/partner	2.4%	2.6%	2.2%
For other family or personal needs	5.9%	8.8%	4.5%
To improve your quality of life	6.1%	7.5%	5.4%
To retire	23.0%	17.2%	25.8%
To improve your prospects for promotion	3.5%	5.2%	2.7%
To move to a preferred geographic location	3.4%	3.6%	3.3%
Other	1.8%	1.9%	1.8%
There is no reason why I would choose to leave NC State	3.5%	3.9%	3.3%
Total (N)	936	308	628

If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
To improve your salary/benefits	21.6%	20.4%	28.7%
To find a more collegial work environment	2.4%	2.5%	1.5%
To find an employer who provides more resources in support of your work	10.1%	9.8%	11.8%
To work at an institution whose priorities match your own	9.7%	10.0%	8.1%
To pursue an administrative position in higher education	4.2%	3.9%	5.9%
To pursue a nonacademic job	2.5%	2.8%	0.7%
To improve the employment opportunities for your spouse/partner	2.4%	2.1%	3.7%
For other family or personal needs	5.9%	5.3%	9.6%
To improve your quality of life	6.1%	6.0%	6.6%
To retire	23.0%	25.3%	9.6%
To improve your prospects for promotion	3.5%	3.3%	5.1%
To move to a preferred geographic location	3.4%	3.9%	0.7%
Other	1.8%	1.6%	2.9%
There is no reason why I would choose to leave NC State	3.5%	3.3%	5.1%
Total (N)	935	799	136

If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Citizenship
If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
To improve your salary/benefits	21.5%	20.5%	31.1%
To find a more collegial work environment	2.4%	2.5%	1.1%
To find an employer who provides more resources in support of your work	10.1%	10.4%	7.8%
To work at an institution whose priorities match your own	9.6%	9.5%	10.0%
To pursue an administrative position in higher education	4.2%	4.5%	1.1%
To pursue a nonacademic job	2.5%	2.5%	2.2%
To improve the employment opportunities for your spouse/partner	2.4%	2.1%	4.4%
For other family or personal needs	5.9%	5.0%	14.4%
To improve your quality of life	5.9%	5.8%	6.7%
To retire	23.1%	25.3%	3.3%
To improve your prospects for promotion	3.6%	3.3%	5.6%
To move to a preferred geographic location	3.4%	3.5%	3.3%
Other	1.8%	1.7%	3.3%
There is no reason why I would choose to leave NC State	3.6%	3.3%	5.6%
Total (N)	929	839	90

If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
If you were to leave NC State, primary reason for doing so	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
To improve your salary/benefits	21.5%	17.6%	22.5%
To find a more collegial work environment	2.4%	1.1%	2.7%
To find an employer who provides more resources in support of your work	10.0%	7.1%	10.7%
To work at an institution whose priorities match your own	9.7%	7.7%	10.2%
To pursue an administrative position in higher education	4.2%	11.0%	2.5%
To pursue a nonacademic job	2.5%	1.6%	2.7%
To improve the employment opportunities for your spouse/partner	2.4%	1.1%	2.7%
For other family or personal needs	5.9%	6.0%	5.9%
To improve your quality of life	6.1%	5.5%	6.3%
To retire	23.0%	31.9%	20.9%
To improve your prospects for promotion	3.6%	3.3%	3.6%
To move to a preferred geographic location	3.3%	1.6%	3.7%
Other	1.8%	1.6%	1.9%
There is no reason why I would choose to leave NC State	3.6%	2.7%	3.7%
Total (N)	929	182	747

Response to same-rank candidate inquiring about department as a place to work	NCSU	Tenure Status
	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
Strongly recommend your department as a place to work	51.3%	44.0%	53.8%	53.0%
Recommend your department with reservations	42.2%	51.6%	37.7%	40.4%
Not recommend your department as a place to work	6.4%	4.4%	8.5%	6.6%
Total (N)	935	182	130	623

Response to same-rank candidate inquiring about department as a place to work	NCSU	Rank
	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
Strongly recommend your department as a place to work	53.1%	52.8%	48.2%	55.9%
Recommend your department with reservations	40.0%	38.2%	43.4%	38.6%
Not recommend your department as a place to work	6.9%	8.9%	8.4%	5.4%
Total (N)	753	123	226	404

Response to same-rank candidate inquiring about department as a place to work	NCSU	Gender
	NCSU	Female	Male
Strongly recommend your department as a place to work	51.3%	46.3%	53.8%
Recommend your department with reservations	42.2%	45.3%	40.7%
Not recommend your department as a place to work	6.4%	8.4%	5.4%
Total (N)	935	309	626

Response to same-rank candidate inquiring about department as a place to work	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
Strongly recommend your department as a place to work	51.4%	51.8%	49.3%
Recommend your department with reservations	42.2%	41.9%	44.1%
Not recommend your department as a place to work	6.4%	6.4%	6.6%
Total (N)	934	798	136

Response to same-rank candidate inquiring about department as a place to work	NCSU	Citizenship
	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
Strongly recommend your department as a place to work	51.4%	51.0%	55.1%
Recommend your department with reservations	42.2%	42.2%	41.6%
Not recommend your department as a place to work	6.5%	6.8%	3.4%
Total (N)	930	841	89

Response to same-rank candidate inquiring about department as a place to work	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
Strongly recommend your department as a place to work	51.6%	60.9%	49.3%
Recommend your department with reservations	42.0%	35.9%	43.6%
Not recommend your department as a place to work	6.3%	3.3%	7.1%
Total (N)	930	184	746

Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Tenure Status
Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
Quality of colleagues	31.7%	28.4%	33.6%	32.3%
Support of colleagues	13.6%	15.8%	15.3%	12.6%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	11.4%	7.1%	9.2%	13.1%
Quality of graduate students	5.8%	3.8%	1.5%	7.3%
Quality of graduate students	5.8%	3.8%	1.5%	7.3%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.8%	10.4%	3.1%	3.5%
Quality of facilities	7.5%	9.8%	7.6%	6.8%
Support for research/creative work	2.7%	0.0%	3.1%	3.3%
Support for teaching	3.1%	7.7%	0.8%	2.2%
Support for professional development	2.2%	4.4%	1.5%	1.8%
Assistance for grant proposals	1.7%	0.5%	2.3%	1.9%
Childcare policies/practices	0.3%	1.1%	0.8%	0.0%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	0.1%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%
Spousal/partner hiring program	2.0%	1.6%	2.3%	2.1%
Compensation	2.2%	1.6%	2.3%	2.4%
Geographic location	40.1%	39.9%	32.1%	41.9%
Diversity	0.6%	1.1%	0.8%	0.5%
Presence of others like me	1.8%	2.2%	3.8%	1.3%
My sense of fit here	15.2%	13.1%	20.6%	14.6%
Protections from service/assignments	0.7%	0.0%	2.3%	0.6%
Commute	3.5%	6.0%	5.3%	2.4%
Cost of living	8.0%	4.4%	8.4%	8.9%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	0.8%	0.0%	2.3%	0.8%
Teaching load	5.5%	8.2%	6.9%	4.5%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	2.2%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	0.8%	0.0%	2.3%	0.8%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	0.2%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
Manageable pressure to perform	6.3%	4.4%	9.9%	6.1%
Academic freedom	18.3%	17.5%	13.7%	19.4%
Other	4.7%	7.7%	3.1%	4.1%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no positive aspects	0.7%	0.5%	0.8%	0.8%
Total (N)	942	183	131	628

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Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Rank
Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
Quality of colleagues	32.5%	34.7%	26.3%	35.5%
Support of colleagues	13.0%	16.1%	15.1%	10.9%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	12.4%	8.1%	11.2%	14.4%
Quality of graduate students	6.3%	1.6%	9.9%	5.7%
Quality of graduate students	6.3%	1.6%	9.9%	5.7%
Quality of undergraduate students	3.4%	3.2%	3.0%	3.7%
Quality of facilities	7.0%	6.5%	8.2%	6.5%
Support for research/creative work	3.3%	2.4%	2.6%	4.0%
Support for teaching	2.0%	0.8%	2.2%	2.2%
Support for professional development	1.7%	1.6%	2.2%	1.5%
Assistance for grant proposals	2.0%	2.4%	2.2%	1.7%
Childcare policies/practices	0.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	0.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
Spousal/partner hiring program	2.1%	1.6%	2.6%	2.0%
Compensation	2.4%	2.4%	2.2%	2.5%
Geographic location	40.2%	32.3%	38.8%	43.4%
Diversity	0.5%	0.8%	0.4%	0.5%
Presence of others like me	1.7%	4.0%	0.9%	1.5%
My sense of fit here	15.7%	20.2%	16.4%	13.9%
Protections from service/assignments	0.9%	2.4%	0.4%	0.7%
Commute	2.9%	5.6%	3.9%	1.5%
Cost of living	8.8%	8.1%	9.9%	8.4%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	1.1%	2.4%	1.3%	0.5%
Teaching load	4.9%	7.3%	5.6%	3.7%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	1.8%	0.0%	2.6%	2.0%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	1.1%	2.4%	1.3%	0.5%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	0.3%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%
Manageable pressure to perform	6.7%	9.7%	6.5%	6.0%
Academic freedom	18.4%	13.7%	19.4%	19.4%
Other	4.0%	3.2%	3.9%	4.2%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no positive aspects	0.8%	0.8%	0.4%	1.0%
Total (N)	759	124	232	403

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Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Gender
Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Female	Male
Quality of colleagues	31.7%	30.4%	32.4%
Support of colleagues	13.6%	15.4%	12.7%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	11.4%	9.0%	12.5%
Quality of graduate students	5.8%	5.4%	6.0%
Quality of graduate students	5.8%	5.4%	6.0%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.8%	5.8%	4.3%
Quality of facilities	7.5%	7.7%	7.5%
Support for research/creative work	2.7%	2.2%	2.9%
Support for teaching	3.1%	2.9%	3.2%
Support for professional development	2.2%	3.2%	1.7%
Assistance for grant proposals	1.7%	2.9%	1.1%
Childcare policies/practices	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
Spousal/partner hiring program	2.0%	4.2%	1.0%
Compensation	2.2%	1.3%	2.7%
Geographic location	40.1%	39.7%	40.3%
Diversity	0.6%	1.0%	0.5%
Presence of others like me	1.8%	2.9%	1.3%
My sense of fit here	15.2%	13.8%	15.9%
Protections from service/assignments	0.7%	0.3%	1.0%
Commute	3.5%	5.1%	2.7%
Cost of living	8.0%	6.7%	8.6%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	0.8%	1.3%	0.6%
Teaching load	5.5%	7.1%	4.8%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	1.5%	0.6%	1.9%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	0.8%	1.6%	0.5%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
Manageable pressure to perform	6.3%	5.8%	6.5%
Academic freedom	18.3%	16.7%	19.0%
Other	4.7%	4.5%	4.8%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no positive aspects	0.7%	1.0%	0.6%
Total (N)	942	312	630

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Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
Quality of colleagues	31.7%	33.0%	24.1%
Support of colleagues	13.6%	14.7%	7.3%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	11.4%	10.7%	15.3%
Quality of graduate students	5.8%	5.7%	6.6%
Quality of graduate students	5.8%	5.7%	6.6%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.8%	5.1%	2.9%
Quality of facilities	7.5%	7.1%	10.2%
Support for research/creative work	2.7%	2.5%	3.6%
Support for teaching	3.1%	3.2%	2.2%
Support for professional development	2.2%	1.7%	5.1%
Assistance for grant proposals	1.7%	1.7%	1.5%
Childcare policies/practices	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
Spousal/partner hiring program	2.0%	2.0%	2.2%
Compensation	2.2%	2.6%	0.0%
Geographic location	40.2%	40.0%	40.9%
Diversity	0.6%	0.5%	1.5%
Presence of others like me	1.8%	2.0%	0.7%
My sense of fit here	15.2%	15.7%	12.4%
Protections from service/assignments	0.7%	0.5%	2.2%
Commute	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%
Cost of living	7.9%	6.7%	14.6%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	0.9%	0.6%	2.2%
Teaching load	5.5%	5.2%	7.3%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	1.5%	1.7%	0.0%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	0.9%	0.9%	0.7%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
Manageable pressure to perform	6.3%	5.8%	8.8%
Academic freedom	18.3%	17.7%	21.9%
Other	4.7%	5.3%	0.7%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no positive aspects	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
Total (N)	941	804	137

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Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Citizenship
Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
Quality of colleagues	31.8%	32.3%	27.8%
Support of colleagues	13.7%	13.8%	12.2%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	11.4%	11.6%	10.0%
Quality of graduate students	5.9%	6.3%	2.2%
Quality of graduate students	5.9%	6.3%	2.2%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.7%	4.8%	3.3%
Quality of facilities	7.6%	6.9%	14.4%
Support for research/creative work	2.7%	2.6%	3.3%
Support for teaching	3.1%	3.2%	2.2%
Support for professional development	2.2%	2.1%	3.3%
Assistance for grant proposals	1.7%	1.8%	1.1%
Childcare policies/practices	0.3%	0.2%	1.1%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
Spousal/partner hiring program	2.0%	1.8%	4.4%
Compensation	2.2%	2.4%	1.1%
Geographic location	40.0%	40.4%	35.6%
Diversity	0.5%	0.4%	2.2%
Presence of others like me	1.8%	1.9%	1.1%
My sense of fit here	15.1%	15.2%	13.3%
Protections from service/assignments	0.6%	0.6%	1.1%
Commute	3.5%	3.7%	2.2%
Cost of living	7.9%	7.1%	15.6%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	0.9%	0.7%	2.2%
Teaching load	5.6%	5.7%	4.4%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	1.5%	1.5%	1.1%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	0.9%	0.8%	1.1%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
Manageable pressure to perform	6.3%	6.6%	3.3%
Academic freedom	18.3%	17.5%	25.6%
Other	4.7%	5.0%	2.2%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no positive aspects	0.7%	0.7%	1.1%
Total (N)	936	846	90

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Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
Best 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
Quality of colleagues	31.7%	31.7%	31.7%
Support of colleagues	13.7%	10.2%	14.5%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	11.4%	9.7%	11.9%
Quality of graduate students	5.9%	7.5%	5.5%
Quality of graduate students	5.9%	7.5%	5.5%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.7%	4.3%	4.8%
Quality of facilities	7.6%	9.7%	7.1%
Support for research/creative work	2.7%	2.7%	2.7%
Support for teaching	3.1%	3.2%	3.1%
Support for professional development	2.2%	2.2%	2.3%
Assistance for grant proposals	1.7%	1.6%	1.7%
Childcare policies/practices	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
Spousal/partner hiring program	2.0%	3.2%	1.7%
Compensation	2.2%	3.8%	1.9%
Geographic location	40.2%	47.3%	38.4%
Diversity	0.6%	1.1%	0.5%
Presence of others like me	1.8%	1.6%	1.9%
My sense of fit here	15.3%	20.4%	14.0%
Protections from service/assignments	0.7%	0.0%	0.9%
Commute	3.4%	2.7%	3.6%
Cost of living	7.9%	8.1%	7.9%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	0.9%	0.0%	1.1%
Teaching load	5.6%	3.2%	6.1%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	1.5%	1.1%	1.6%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	0.9%	1.1%	0.8%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
Manageable pressure to perform	6.2%	4.8%	6.5%
Academic freedom	18.2%	10.8%	20.0%
Other	4.7%	5.4%	4.5%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no positive aspects	0.6%	0.5%	0.7%
Total (N)	936	186	750

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Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Tenure Status
Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
Quality of colleagues	6.7%	3.9%	6.3%	7.6%
Support of colleagues	7.5%	5.0%	5.5%	8.6%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	2.4%	2.2%	3.1%	2.3%
Quality of graduate students	8.9%	0.6%	14.2%	10.3%
Quality of graduate students	8.9%	0.6%	14.2%	10.3%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.7%	2.8%	2.4%	5.8%
Quality of facilities	11.4%	9.4%	10.2%	12.3%
Lack of support for research/creative work	15.3%	7.8%	11.8%	18.2%
Lack of support for teaching	5.8%	9.4%	3.1%	5.3%
Lack of support for professional development	5.9%	10.0%	3.1%	5.3%
Lack of assistance for grant proposals	7.5%	1.1%	11.0%	8.6%
Childcare policies/practices (or lack thereof)	1.9%	0.6%	3.1%	2.0%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	1.5%	1.7%	2.4%	1.3%
Spousal/partner hiring program (or lack thereof)	3.0%	1.7%	6.3%	2.6%
Compensation	41.6%	48.9%	40.2%	39.7%
Geographic location	1.4%	1.7%	2.4%	1.2%
Lack of diversity	3.1%	2.8%	5.5%	2.6%
Absence of others like me	6.4%	7.2%	7.1%	6.0%
My lack of ???fit??? here	7.2%	7.2%	5.5%	7.6%
Too much service/too many assignments	8.5%	5.6%	6.3%	9.8%
Commute	2.5%	2.8%	0.0%	3.0%
Cost of living	2.0%	4.4%	2.4%	1.2%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	1.4%	2.2%	4.7%	0.5%
Teaching load	6.3%	12.2%	5.5%	4.6%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	2.9%	6.7%	6.3%	1.0%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	1.9%	2.2%	3.1%	1.5%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	1.2%	3.9%	1.6%	0.3%
Unrelenting pressure to perform	4.5%	3.9%	6.3%	4.3%
Academic freedom	0.8%	2.2%	0.8%	0.3%
Other	10.9%	9.4%	5.5%	12.4%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no negative aspects	6.0%	8.9%	6.3%	5.1%
Total (N)	911	180	127	604

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Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Rank
Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
Quality of colleagues	7.4%	6.6%	5.3%	8.9%
Support of colleagues	8.1%	5.8%	9.3%	8.1%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	2.5%	3.3%	3.5%	1.6%
Quality of graduate students	10.9%	14.9%	9.3%	10.7%
Quality of graduate students	10.9%	14.9%	9.3%	10.7%
Quality of undergraduate students	5.2%	3.3%	6.2%	5.2%
Quality of facilities	11.9%	9.9%	7.0%	15.4%
Lack of support for research/creative work	17.1%	12.4%	15.9%	19.3%
Lack of support for teaching	4.9%	3.3%	7.9%	3.7%
Lack of support for professional development	4.9%	2.5%	4.8%	5.7%
Lack of assistance for grant proposals	9.0%	10.7%	8.4%	8.9%
Childcare policies/practices (or lack thereof)	2.2%	3.3%	2.6%	1.6%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	1.5%	2.5%	2.6%	0.5%
Spousal/partner hiring program (or lack thereof)	3.3%	6.6%	3.5%	2.1%
Compensation	39.8%	41.3%	38.3%	40.2%
Geographic location	1.4%	2.5%	1.8%	0.8%
Lack of diversity	3.1%	5.8%	3.5%	2.1%
Absence of others like me	6.2%	7.4%	7.5%	5.0%
My lack of ???fit??? here	7.3%	5.8%	9.7%	6.3%
Too much service/too many assignments	9.2%	5.8%	10.6%	9.4%
Commute	2.5%	0.0%	3.5%	2.6%
Cost of living	1.4%	2.5%	0.9%	1.3%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	1.2%	4.1%	1.3%	0.3%
Teaching load	4.8%	5.8%	5.3%	4.2%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	1.9%	5.8%	2.6%	0.3%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	1.8%	3.3%	3.5%	0.3%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	0.5%	1.7%	0.4%	0.3%
Unrelenting pressure to perform	4.7%	6.6%	1.8%	5.7%
Academic freedom	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.5%
Other	11.2%	5.8%	8.4%	14.6%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no negative aspects	5.3%	4.1%	5.7%	5.5%
Total (N)	731	121	227	383

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Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Gender
Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Female	Male
Quality of colleagues	6.7%	6.0%	7.0%
Support of colleagues	7.5%	8.4%	7.0%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	2.4%	3.3%	2.0%
Quality of graduate students	8.9%	6.7%	10.0%
Quality of graduate students	8.9%	6.7%	10.0%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.7%	3.0%	5.6%
Quality of facilities	11.4%	9.4%	12.4%
Lack of support for research/creative work	15.3%	14.7%	15.5%
Lack of support for teaching	5.8%	5.7%	5.9%
Lack of support for professional development	5.9%	7.0%	5.4%
Lack of assistance for grant proposals	7.5%	4.7%	8.8%
Childcare policies/practices (or lack thereof)	1.9%	3.0%	1.3%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	1.5%	3.0%	0.8%
Spousal/partner hiring program (or lack thereof)	3.0%	3.7%	2.6%
Compensation	41.6%	37.8%	43.5%
Geographic location	1.4%	1.3%	1.5%
Lack of diversity	3.1%	7.0%	1.1%
Absence of others like me	6.4%	6.7%	6.2%
My lack of ???fit??? here	7.2%	7.7%	7.0%
Too much service/too many assignments	8.5%	10.0%	7.7%
Commute	2.5%	2.3%	2.6%
Cost of living	2.0%	1.0%	2.5%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	1.4%	2.7%	0.8%
Teaching load	6.3%	7.4%	5.7%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	2.9%	3.7%	2.5%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	1.9%	3.3%	1.1%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	1.2%	1.7%	1.0%
Unrelenting pressure to perform	4.5%	6.0%	3.8%
Academic freedom	0.8%	1.3%	0.5%
Other	10.9%	11.0%	10.8%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no negative aspects	6.0%	4.7%	6.7%
Total (N)	911	299	612

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Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
Quality of colleagues	6.7%	7.1%	4.5%
Support of colleagues	7.5%	7.3%	8.3%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	2.4%	2.1%	4.5%
Quality of graduate students	8.9%	8.9%	9.1%
Quality of graduate students	8.9%	8.9%	9.1%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.7%	4.1%	8.3%
Quality of facilities	11.4%	12.0%	8.3%
Lack of support for research/creative work	15.2%	15.4%	13.6%
Lack of support for teaching	5.8%	5.9%	5.3%
Lack of support for professional development	5.9%	5.9%	6.1%
Lack of assistance for grant proposals	7.5%	7.6%	6.8%
Childcare policies/practices (or lack thereof)	1.9%	1.8%	2.3%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	1.5%	1.0%	4.5%
Spousal/partner hiring program (or lack thereof)	3.0%	2.1%	8.3%
Compensation	41.5%	42.4%	36.4%
Geographic location	1.4%	1.5%	0.8%
Lack of diversity	3.1%	2.3%	7.6%
Absence of others like me	6.4%	5.8%	9.8%
My lack of ???fit??? here	7.3%	7.2%	7.6%
Too much service/too many assignments	8.5%	8.7%	6.8%
Commute	2.5%	2.8%	0.8%
Cost of living	2.0%	2.1%	1.5%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	1.4%	1.7%	0.0%
Teaching load	6.3%	6.2%	6.8%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	2.9%	3.1%	1.5%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	1.9%	2.1%	0.8%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	1.2%	1.4%	0.0%
Unrelenting pressure to perform	4.5%	5.0%	1.5%
Academic freedom	0.8%	0.6%	1.5%
Other	10.9%	12.1%	3.8%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no negative aspects	6.0%	5.4%	9.8%
Total (N)	910	778	132

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Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Citizenship
Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
Quality of colleagues	6.6%	6.7%	5.6%
Support of colleagues	7.5%	7.7%	5.6%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	2.4%	2.2%	4.5%
Quality of graduate students	8.8%	8.0%	16.9%
Quality of graduate students	8.8%	8.0%	16.9%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.7%	4.5%	6.7%
Quality of facilities	11.4%	12.2%	3.4%
Lack of support for research/creative work	15.2%	15.8%	10.1%
Lack of support for teaching	5.8%	6.1%	3.4%
Lack of support for professional development	5.8%	6.2%	2.2%
Lack of assistance for grant proposals	7.5%	7.7%	5.6%
Childcare policies/practices (or lack thereof)	1.9%	1.8%	2.2%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	1.5%	1.5%	2.2%
Spousal/partner hiring program (or lack thereof)	2.9%	2.4%	6.7%
Compensation	41.4%	41.2%	42.7%
Geographic location	1.4%	1.5%	1.1%
Lack of diversity	3.1%	3.1%	3.4%
Absence of others like me	6.4%	6.0%	10.1%
My lack of ???fit??? here	7.3%	7.3%	6.7%
Too much service/too many assignments	8.5%	8.8%	5.6%
Commute	2.5%	2.8%	0.0%
Cost of living	2.0%	2.1%	1.1%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	1.4%	1.3%	2.2%
Teaching load	6.3%	5.9%	10.1%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	2.9%	2.8%	3.4%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	1.9%	1.8%	2.2%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	1.2%	1.2%	1.1%
Unrelenting pressure to perform	4.5%	4.7%	3.4%
Academic freedom	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%
Other	10.9%	11.4%	6.7%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no negative aspects	6.1%	5.4%	12.4%
Total (N)	906	817	89

Note: Respondents could provide more than one response.
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Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
Worst 2 things about working at NC State	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
Quality of colleagues	6.7%	10.6%	5.8%
Support of colleagues	7.5%	6.7%	7.7%
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues	2.4%	2.2%	2.5%
Quality of graduate students	8.8%	5.0%	9.8%
Quality of graduate students	8.8%	5.0%	9.8%
Quality of undergraduate students	4.8%	1.1%	5.6%
Quality of facilities	11.5%	14.5%	10.7%
Lack of support for research/creative work	15.2%	12.8%	15.8%
Lack of support for teaching	5.9%	5.6%	5.9%
Lack of support for professional development	5.7%	6.7%	5.5%
Lack of assistance for grant proposals	7.4%	7.3%	7.4%
Childcare policies/practices (or lack thereof)	1.9%	2.2%	1.8%
Availability/quality of childcare facilities	1.5%	1.1%	1.7%
Spousal/partner hiring program (or lack thereof)	3.0%	3.4%	2.9%
Compensation	41.5%	40.8%	41.7%
Geographic location	1.4%	0.0%	1.8%
Lack of diversity	3.1%	3.4%	3.0%
Absence of others like me	6.4%	4.5%	6.9%
My lack of ???fit??? here	7.2%	4.5%	7.9%
Too much service/too many assignments	8.4%	11.7%	7.6%
Commute	2.5%	1.7%	2.8%
Cost of living	2.0%	2.2%	1.9%
Research/creative work requirements for tenure/promotion	1.4%	1.7%	1.4%
Teaching load	6.2%	8.9%	5.5%
Tenure/promotion requirements in general	2.9%	2.8%	2.9%
Tenure/promotion criteria clarity	1.8%	1.1%	1.9%
Tenure/promotion process clarity	1.2%	2.2%	1.0%
Unrelenting pressure to perform	4.5%	6.1%	4.1%
Academic freedom	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%
Other	10.9%	12.3%	10.6%
Other	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
There are no negative aspects	6.1%	6.7%	5.9%
Total (N)	905	179	726

Note: Respondents could provide more than one response.
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Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Tenure Status
Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	NTT	Pre-Tenure	Tenured
Appreciation and recognition	6.2%	17.2%	6.0%	3.2%
Collaboration and interdisciplinary work	3.3%	1.5%	3.6%	3.8%
Compensation and benefits	25.7%	41.0%	28.9%	20.8%
Culture	1.6%	0.0%	1.2%	2.1%
Culture	1.6%	0.0%	1.2%	2.1%
Departmental collegiality	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
Departmental engagement	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%
Departmental quality	4.3%	4.5%	6.0%	4.0%
Diversity	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	2.9%
Facilities and resources for work	15.7%	11.2%	16.9%	16.8%
Departmental leadership	3.0%	2.2%	3.6%	3.2%
Divisional leadership	3.0%	1.5%	0.0%	4.0%
General leadership	19.8%	13.4%	9.6%	23.3%
Senior leadership	1.7%	0.7%	0.0%	2.3%
Mentoring	1.0%	1.5%	4.8%	0.2%
General nature of work	4.0%	3.7%	3.6%	4.2%
Research work	6.8%	3.0%	7.2%	7.8%
Service work	1.2%	0.7%	0.0%	1.5%
Teaching work	8.8%	10.4%	8.4%	8.4%
Professional development	0.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.6%
Promotion	1.3%	3.0%	0.0%	1.1%
Tenure	2.6%	4.5%	7.2%	1.3%
Work and personal life balance	0.3%	0.7%	1.2%	0.0%
Other	2.7%	5.2%	2.4%	2.1%
Total (N)	693	134	83	476

*Note: The question above was open-ended in the original survey. The frequencies presented here represent the percentage of comments containing content relevant to the themes listed, as coded by COACHE staff.
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Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Rank
Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Assistant Professor	Associate Professor	Full Professor
Appreciation and recognition	3.6%	6.4%	2.9%	3.2%
Collaboration and interdisciplinary work	3.8%	3.8%	4.1%	3.5%
Compensation and benefits	22.0%	26.9%	22.9%	20.3%
Culture	2.0%	1.3%	2.4%	1.9%
Culture	2.0%	1.3%	2.4%	1.9%
Departmental collegiality	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
Departmental engagement	0.9%	0.0%	1.8%	0.6%
Departmental quality	4.3%	6.4%	4.1%	3.9%
Diversity	2.5%	0.0%	2.4%	3.2%
Facilities and resources for work	16.8%	14.1%	14.1%	19.0%
Departmental leadership	3.2%	3.8%	4.7%	2.3%
Divisional leadership	3.4%	1.3%	4.1%	3.5%
General leadership	21.3%	10.3%	22.4%	23.5%
Senior leadership	2.0%	0.0%	0.6%	3.2%
Mentoring	0.9%	5.1%	0.6%	0.0%
General nature of work	4.1%	3.8%	5.3%	3.5%
Research work	7.7%	6.4%	7.6%	8.0%
Service work	1.3%	0.0%	2.4%	1.0%
Teaching work	8.4%	9.0%	10.0%	7.4%
Professional development	0.5%	0.0%	1.2%	0.3%
Promotion	0.9%	0.0%	1.8%	0.6%
Tenure	2.1%	6.4%	2.4%	1.0%
Work and personal life balance	0.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Other	2.1%	2.6%	0.0%	3.2%
Total (N)	559	78	170	311

Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Gender
Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Female	Male
Appreciation and recognition	6.2%	8.4%	5.1%
Collaboration and interdisciplinary work	3.3%	2.9%	3.5%
Compensation and benefits	25.7%	28.5%	24.2%
Culture	1.6%	1.3%	1.8%
Culture	1.6%	1.3%	1.8%
Departmental collegiality	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%
Departmental engagement	0.7%	0.4%	0.9%
Departmental quality	4.3%	4.6%	4.2%
Diversity	2.2%	4.6%	0.9%
Facilities and resources for work	15.7%	15.5%	15.9%
Departmental leadership	3.0%	4.2%	2.4%
Divisional leadership	3.0%	3.3%	2.9%
General leadership	19.8%	15.5%	22.0%
Senior leadership	1.7%	0.8%	2.2%
Mentoring	1.0%	0.8%	1.1%
General nature of work	4.0%	5.9%	3.1%
Research work	6.8%	6.3%	7.0%
Service work	1.2%	0.8%	1.3%
Teaching work	8.8%	9.2%	8.6%
Professional development	0.7%	1.3%	0.4%
Promotion	1.3%	2.1%	0.9%
Tenure	2.6%	4.2%	1.8%
Work and personal life balance	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%
Other	2.7%	2.5%	2.9%
Total (N)	693	239	454

Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Race/Ethnicity
Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	White	Faculty of Color
Appreciation and recognition	6.2%	6.8%	2.2%
Collaboration and interdisciplinary work	3.3%	3.3%	3.3%
Compensation and benefits	25.7%	26.0%	23.9%
Culture	1.6%	1.8%	0.0%
Culture	1.6%	1.8%	0.0%
Departmental collegiality	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
Departmental engagement	0.7%	0.7%	1.1%
Departmental quality	4.3%	4.5%	3.3%
Diversity	2.2%	1.7%	5.4%
Facilities and resources for work	15.6%	15.8%	14.1%
Departmental leadership	3.0%	2.8%	4.3%
Divisional leadership	3.0%	3.3%	1.1%
General leadership	19.8%	19.8%	19.6%
Senior leadership	1.7%	1.7%	2.2%
Mentoring	1.0%	1.2%	0.0%
General nature of work	4.0%	3.8%	5.4%
Research work	6.6%	6.0%	10.9%
Service work	1.2%	1.0%	2.2%
Teaching work	8.8%	8.5%	10.9%
Professional development	0.7%	0.7%	1.1%
Promotion	1.3%	1.3%	1.1%
Tenure	2.6%	2.7%	2.2%
Work and personal life balance	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
Other	2.7%	2.2%	6.5%
Total (N)	692	600	92

Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Citizenship
Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	US Citizen	Non-citizen
Appreciation and recognition	6.3%	6.5%	3.4%
Collaboration and interdisciplinary work	3.3%	3.3%	3.4%
Compensation and benefits	25.9%	25.7%	27.6%
Culture	1.6%	1.7%	0.0%
Culture	1.6%	1.7%	0.0%
Departmental collegiality	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
Departmental engagement	0.7%	0.6%	1.7%
Departmental quality	4.4%	4.6%	1.7%
Diversity	2.2%	2.1%	3.4%
Facilities and resources for work	15.8%	15.7%	17.2%
Departmental leadership	3.1%	2.9%	5.2%
Divisional leadership	3.1%	3.3%	0.0%
General leadership	19.6%	19.2%	24.1%
Senior leadership	1.7%	1.7%	1.7%
Mentoring	0.9%	0.8%	1.7%
General nature of work	3.9%	3.8%	5.2%
Research work	6.8%	7.0%	5.2%
Service work	1.2%	1.3%	0.0%
Teaching work	8.9%	9.2%	5.2%
Professional development	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%
Promotion	1.3%	1.4%	0.0%
Tenure	2.6%	2.4%	5.2%
Work and personal life balance	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
Other	2.6%	2.9%	0.0%
Total (N)	688	630	58

Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Administrative Responsibilities
Number one thing NC State could do to improve workplace	NCSU	Admin	Non-admin
Appreciation and recognition	6.1%	8.9%	5.4%
Collaboration and interdisciplinary work	3.3%	5.2%	2.9%
Compensation and benefits	25.7%	28.9%	24.9%
Culture	1.6%	0.7%	1.8%
Culture	1.6%	0.7%	1.8%
Departmental collegiality	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
Departmental engagement	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%
Departmental quality	4.4%	1.5%	5.1%
Diversity	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%
Facilities and resources for work	15.8%	11.9%	16.8%
Departmental leadership	3.0%	2.2%	3.2%
Divisional leadership	3.0%	3.7%	2.9%
General leadership	19.9%	20.0%	19.9%
Senior leadership	1.7%	1.5%	1.8%
Mentoring	1.0%	0.0%	1.3%
General nature of work	4.1%	4.4%	4.0%
Research work	6.7%	5.9%	6.9%
Service work	1.2%	0.7%	1.3%
Teaching work	8.9%	5.9%	9.6%
Professional development	0.7%	0.0%	0.9%
Promotion	1.2%	3.7%	0.5%
Tenure	2.5%	3.0%	2.3%
Work and personal life balance	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
Other	2.8%	3.0%	2.7%
Total (N)	689	135	554

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: February, 2013

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