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Insights into Faculty Experience at WSU: Satisfaction, Climate, and Work-Life Balance

This report presents key findings from a faculty survey at Washington State University, revealing insights into faculty satisfaction across all campuses. With a 57.6% response rate from full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty, the data highlights satisfaction levels regarding work nature, department climate, and work-life balance. Men reported higher satisfaction than women in several areas, while white faculty were more satisfied than faculty of color. The report concludes with suggestions for enhancing faculty experiences at WSU, identifying areas for improvement and potential barriers to change.

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Insights into Faculty Experience at WSU: Satisfaction, Climate, and Work-Life Balance

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  1. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WsuFACULTY FROM coacheAmy whartondirector, cla, wsu Vancouver and professor of sociology

  2. WSUSAMPLE • All full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty • All campuses • Response rate: 57.6 % (N=603) • At least 50 % response rate in all colleges except Vet School (46.8% response rate) • Respondents tended to be slightly more junior (32% respondents untenured vs. 29%) and slightly more female (38% vs.35%) than population

  3. WHO WE ARE: CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS

  4. MEASURES: SATISFACTION WITH NATURE OF WORK (All items 1-5, with high scores indicating higher satisfaction) Overall • Number of hours you work • Way you spend your time • Quality of facilities • Access to graduate students (RAs,TAs) • Clerical services • Computing services

  5. Teaching • Level of courses • Number of courses • Degree of influence over courses • Discretion over course content • Number of students • Quality of undergraduates • Quality of graduate students

  6. Research • Amount of time for research • Amount of external funding you are expected to find • Influence you have over research focus

  7. MEASURES: DEPARTMENTAL CLIMATE • Value other faculty place on your work. • Amount of professional interaction with tenured faculty/untenured faculty. • Amount of personal interaction with tenured faculty/untenured faculty. • Your sense of “fit.” • Intellectual vitality of tenured/untenured faculty. • Opportunities for participation in governance in department/institution. • On the whole, institution is collegial.

  8. MEASURES: WORK-FAMILY • Satisfaction with work-family balance • Colleagues respectful of my efforts to balance • Departmental colleagues supportive • Institution supportive

  9. MEASURES: GLOBAL SATISFACTION • All things considered, am satisfied with my department. • All things considered, am satisfied with my institution. • Would recommend department to pre-tenure faculty. • If could do over, would choose to work at this institution .

  10. NATURE OF WORK

  11. CLIMATE, GLOBAL SATISFACTION, AND WORK-LIFE SATISFACTION

  12. WORK-LIFESUPPORT

  13. NATURE OF WORK: STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GROUPS Men significantly higher than women in their satisfaction with…. • The number of hours you work as a faculty member in an average week • The way you spend your time as a faculty member • The amount of access you have to graduate students (TAs and RAs) • Clerical services • The degree of influence you have over the courses you teach • The discretion you have over the content of your courses • The amount of time to conduct research

  14. White faculty significantly higher than faculty of color in their satisfaction with… • The quality of facilities • The amount of time to conduct research

  15. CLIMATE: STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GROUPS Men significantly higher than women in their satisfaction with…. • The value faculty in your department place on your work • How well you fit (e.g., your sense of belonging, your comfort level) in your department White faculty significantly higher than faculty of color in their satisfaction with… • The intellectual vitality of pre-tenured faculty in your department

  16. NATURE OF WORK BY RANK

  17. CLIMATE, GLOBAL SATISFACTION, WORK-LIFE SATISFACTION BY RANK

  18. NATUREOF WORK: OVERALL

  19. NATURE OF WORK: TEACHING

  20. NATURE OF WORK: RESEARCH

  21. NATURE OF WORK: COMPOSITES

  22. CLIMATE BY COLLEGE

  23. GLOBAL SATISFACTION

  24. GLOBAL SATISFACTION

  25. SUMMING UP • Departmental life is generally viewed positively by faculty. • But faculty are less positive about elements of their work – particularly their overall working conditions and research. • Views of institution are more negative than views of departments. • Women are less satisfied with WSU as a place to work than men. • Both genders believe that their departmental colleagues are supportive of their work-family needs, but that the institution could be doing more. • Associate professors have more negative views of almost all aspects of work than either assistant or full professors. • Are college-level variations in several areas.

  26. SMALL GROUP EXERCISE • Based on what you heard today, what ideas from other COACHE institutions have the most merit and relevance to WSU? • What does WSU’s data tell us about our particular areas of strength and weakness ? • What changes do you see as most essential in terms of making WSU a better place for faculty to thrive and succeed? • What are some barriers to change at WSU? • How could these barriers be overcome?

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