The Ohio Board of Regents

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The Ohio Board of Regents

• Report on the Survey of
• Part-time Faculty
• March 2000

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Introduction

• In 2000, the Ohio Board of Regents presented a
  report of the survey of full-time faculty
• Report located at http//www.regents.state.oh.us/
  mainpages/Board_FT_Faculty_Survey_Home.html

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Introduction

• Full-time faculty and part-time faculty treated
  in separate surveys
• Purpose of todays presentation is to consider
  the results of the part-time faculty survey

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Introduction

• Faculty
• 15,740 full-time faculty in the Fall of 1999
• 11,340 part-time faculty in the Fall of 1999
• Source All Employee (AM) file 1999

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Teaching Load First Year Students
Source Performance Report to the Governor, 2000
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Survey Methodology

• Design by committee of campus representatives
  (including part-time faculty members) and Regents
  staff
• Survey sent to 33 stratified random sample
• Survey Mail questionnaire, direct mailed to
  faculty home address with postage paid reply to
  independent research firm
• Independent firm to assure anonymity
• No institutional affiliations or
• Faculty names or ids

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Key Components of the Survey

• Part-time faculty professional profile
• Type of institution
• Highest Degree
• Experience at Institution
• Faculty workload
• Professional climate

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An Overview of Survey Results
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Response Rate

• Great
• 50 statewide
• Campus response rates varied from 31 to 66
• 24/39 campuses response rate 50 or greater
• Only slightly lower than full-time response (56)

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Faculty Profile
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Part-time Faculty by Sector
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Highest Degree

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Experience at Institution
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Experience in Higher Education
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Part-time Status Issues

• 95 do not also have a full-time non-teaching
  position at the institution
• 92 do not also have a part-time non-teaching
  position at the institution
• 81 do not also teach at another institution

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Part-time Status Issues (cont.)

• Majority of part-time faculty also work in a
  related area

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Part-time Status Issues (cont.)

• Goal to be full-time?
• No 46
• Yes 27
• Unsure 26

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Part-time Faculty Activity
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Faculty ActivityPart-time Full-time

• Part-time (2000) Full-time
  (1999)
• Teaching 81 51
• Research, Scholarship,
• Performance 4 20
• Professional Growth 4 5
• Administration 2 13
• Service to Profession 2 4
• Professional public service 2 4
• Other paid or unpaid service 2 2
• Total reported percentages 97 99

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Teaching Activities

• Activity of Time Spent
• Teaching 81
• Research, Scholarship, Performance 4
• Administration 4
• Professional Growth 2
• Service to Profession 2
• Professional Public Service 2
• Other Paid or Unpaid Service 2

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Teaching Activities

• Courses taught, etc.
• Data forthcoming from other HEI files
• Student contact
• Review student writing

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Median Amount of Weekly Average of Student
Contact Outside of Classroom during the Fall
Term, by Institution Type

• Institution Type PT 1999 FT 2000
• Community College 1 - 3 hrs 11 - 15
  hrs
• Technical College 1 - 3 hrs 11 - 15
  hrs
• Com-tech 1 - 3 hrs 11 - 15 hrs
• Univ. Main Campus 4 - 6 hrs 11 - 15
  hrs
• Univ. Regional Campus 4 - 6 hrs 11 - 15
  hrs
• Free Standing Medical 4 - 6 hrs 7 - 10
  hrs

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Teaching Activities

• Courses taught, etc.
• Data forthcoming from other HEI files
• Student contact
• Review student writing

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Median Time Spent by Full-time Faculty Reviewing
and Critiquing Student Writing
Academic Area Weekly hours spent
(selected) reviewing student writing Part-tim
e Full-time Humanities 7 - 10 hrs 7 - 10
hrs Education 1 - 3 hrs 4 - 6 hrs Law 1 -
3 hrs 4 - 6 hrs Public Admin 1 - 3 hrs 4 -
6 hrs Social Behav Sci 1 - 3 hrs 4 - 6
hrs Computer Science 1 - 3 hrs 1 - 3
hrs Engineering 1 - 3 hrs 1 - 3 hrs Art
1 - 3 hrs 1 - 3 hrs Business 1 - 3 hrs 1 -
3 hrs Math Natural Science 0 hrs 1 - 3
hrs Med Health Science 1 - 3 hrs 1 - 3
hrs Tech Programs 1 - 3 hrs 1 - 3 hrs
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Other Activities

• Activity of Time Spent
• Teaching 81
• Research, Scholarship, Performance 4
• Administration 4
• Professional Growth 2
• Service to Profession 2
• Professional Public Service 2
• Other Paid or Unpaid Service 2

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Other Activities(Selected)
Activity Part-time Full-time Advise
students 29 N/A Serve on a committee at
institution 15 92 Develop a new course or
program 14 64 Publish a book, monograph,
article, abstract, etc. 12 66 Develop or
administer alternative learning
systems 12 41 Give a formal or creative
performance, etc. 10 17 Market a new program
or recruit students 8 58 Mentor
faculty 5 55 Write a research grant
proposal 6 52
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Professional Climate

• Office space
• Office resources
• Access to full-time faculty, mentoring, and
  professional development

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Professional Climate

• Office space
• Office resources
• Access to full-time faculty, mentoring, and
  professional development

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Office Space

• Part-time Faculty with Office Space
• Community College 44
• Technical College 49
• Com-Tech 47
• Univ. Main Campus 67
• Univ. Regional Campus 67
• Free-standing Medical School 64
• Total 57

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Office Space

• 73 of faculty with office space are satisfied
  with their office space
• For those dissatisfied, inadequate space (56)
  was most frequent reason

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Professional Climate

• Office space
• Office resources
• Access to full-time faculty, mentoring, and
  professional development

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Office Resources

• Faculty who said yes
• Copying and/or Duplicating 89
• Library Privileges 81
• Parking 80
• Telephone 65
• Clerical Support 64
• Computer 63
• Internet Access 53
• E-mail 50
• Voice Mail 29

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Professional Climate

• Office space
• Office resources
• Access to full-time faculty, mentoring, and
  professional development

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Access to mentoring, other faculty.

• 60 of part-time faculty agreed I receive timely
  feedback on my performance.
• 75 of part-time faculty agreed that they had
  easy access to the Department chair.

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Access to mentoring, other faculty.

• 68 either agreed or strongly agreed that they
  had comfortable relationships with tenured
  faculty (only 10 disagreed or strongly
  disagreed).

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Access to mentoring, other faculty.

• 39 agreed that they were regularly invited to
  departmental meetings 44 disagreed
• less than 11 agreed that they had voting
  responsibilities on departmental issues

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Other Comments

• Salary, Salary, Salary

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Looking Ahead

• Faculty salary study
• Faculty workload
• Faculty query enhancements

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For More Information

• Full report distributed and available on the web
  at http//www.regents.state.oh.us/mainpages/Board
  _PT_Faculty_Survey_Home.html
• Database query forthcoming at http//www.regents.
  state.oh.us/hei/queries/unrestricted.html

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• Thank you

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• Questions?