QUESTION 4: In what department is your faculty appointment?
Fifty-eight of the 67 faculty members (86.6%) responded to this question. Table 4 presents the distribution of respondents by faculty rank and area. One respondent from English/LLP, one from Library, and one from Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems did not report rank.
| Department | Assistant | Associate | Full | Total Faculty by Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Math & Science | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Agriculture, Food Science, Sustainable Systems | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Government and Public Admin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Behavioral/Social Sciences | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| English/LLP | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Computer Science | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Library | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Education | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Mass Communication | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nursing/Professional Studies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Whitney Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fine Arts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total Faculty by Rank | 29 | 22 | 7 | 58 |
Questions 5-10 provide information about the salary levels faculty believe are appropriate for each academic rank. Figure 2 presents summary data for Questions 5, 7, and 9 according to the rank of the faculty respondent. Table 5 presents the means and standard deviations of recommended salary levels by rank of respondent. We noticed that the mean salaries for Assistant, Associate, and Full professors reported by Assistant professors (Figure 2 and Table 5) looked strange and were not consistent with the figures reported by Associate and Full professors. We double checked the original data for accuracy but found the reported figures were accurate. We believe that this may be a function of the number of faculty within departments who responded to the survey.
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