Faculty Senate Evaluation of Administrative Offices
October, 2007
In the spring 2007 semester, the Senate Executive Committee began an evaluation of administrative offices. The evaluation consisted of two phases. In the first phase, faculty and instructional academic staff were asked to respond to three questions: 1) What would you like to see more of? 2) What would you like to see less of? and 3) What should stay the same? Respondents were provided a list of all administrative offices included in the overall structure of UW-L. They had the option of answering the three questions on as many or as few offices as they chose. During the summer 2007, the SEC reviewed the responses and identified emerging themes. These themes were shared with the respective offices. The SEC then created questions based on the themes for six offices: Affirmative Action & Diversity, The Office of Sponsored Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities (Graduate Studies/Grants & Contracts), Human Resources, Faculty Senate, Information Technology Services, and the Office of International Education. These offices were included as they received comments from the most respondents and had permanent leadership for at least one year. The SEC generated questions were shared with the respective offices for their review and comment. Offices also were encouraged to add questions if they wished. The final survey included five to seven rating-scale type questions (anchored at 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree) for each office.
Respondent Characteristics
|
|
Percent (N = 133) |
|
College CBA CLS SAH |
10% 45 45 |
|
Rank IAS – Lecturer Series IAS – Clinical Professor Series Assistant Professor Associate Professor Full Professor |
14 3 18 32 34 |
|
Length of Employment 5 or fewer years 6 to 10 years 11 to 15 years 16 to 20 years 21 to 25 years 26 to 30 years 31 or more years |
16 22 23 22 10 7 1 |
|
Gender Male Female |
54 46 |
Note: Percentages are based on those respondents who answered the question. On each question, some respondents chose not to answer.
Affirmative Action & Diversity
|
|
Mean a (SD) |
% “agree” or “strongly agree” |
|
AAD provides information about diversity policies |
3.53 (.85) |
64.0 |
|
AAD raises awareness about diversity issues within the campus community. |
3.45 (1.01) |
55.1 |
|
AAD promotes hiring US born faculty and staff of color |
3.58 (.88) |
58.7 |
|
AAD effectively handles grievances and complaints. |
3.12 (.85) |
30.6 |
|
AAD provides effective leadership in Plan 2008 |
3.03 (1.01) |
34.5 |
a 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
Faculty Senate
|
|
Mean (SD) |
% “agree” or “strongly agree” |
|
Faculty senate involves the entire campus on important issues. |
3.71 (1.04) |
71.6 |
|
Faculty senate should implement listening sessions on important issues. |
3.93 (.80) |
77.1 |
|
Faculty senate has an effective relationship with campus administration. |
3.52 (1.04) |
56.1 |
|
Faculty senate should set career limits for SEC |
3.32 (1.20) |
46.3 |
|
Faculty senators effectively represent their constituents. |
3.12 (.90) |
36.8 |
|
I have discussions with faculty senators regarding campus issues. |
3.44 (1.08) |
62.0 |
|
Service on faculty senate committees is valued on campus. |
3.29 (1.07) |
52.4 |
a 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
The Office of Sponsored Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities
(Graduate Studies/Grants & Contracts)
|
|
Mean (SD) |
% “agree” or “strongly agree” |
|
Grants & Contracts provides effective support/consultation for grant budgeting process. |
2.92 (1.00) |
33.3 |
|
Grants & Contract provides opportunities for funding support in my area of interest |
2.95 (1.03) |
33.0 |
|
Grants & Contracts encourages and promotes research/scholarship sharing at UWL |
3.24 (1.02) |
44.2 |
|
Graduate Studies provides effective support for graduate education and research |
2.99 (.80) |
25.1 |
|
Graduate Studies should explore better funding for graduate students. |
4.03 (.90) |
66.3 |
|
Graduate Studies supports graduate program administrative needs efficiently/effectively. |
2.79 (.98) |
22.2 |
|
The office develops connections between undergraduate and graduate research. |
2.74 (.89) |
18.0 |
a 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
Human Resources
|
|
Mean (SD) |
% “agree” or “strongly agree” |
|
HR effectively communicates information about employee records. |
2.60 (1.11) |
25.9 |
|
HR maintains positive relationships with employees |
2.57 (1.15) |
26.3 |
|
HR assists in creatively solving problems. |
2.37 (1.02) |
15.2 |
|
HR is perceived as an advocate for employees. |
2.14 (.97) |
10.8 |
|
HR provides helpful information about salary and benefits. |
2.96 (1.14) |
42.3 |
|
I am satisfied with HR's accuracy of my records. |
2.82 (1.12) |
34.8 |
|
HR provides adequate support for search and scr3een processes. |
2.55 (1.14) |
24.8 |
a 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
Information Technology Services
|
|
Mean (SD) |
% “agree” or “strongly agree” |
|
ITS effectively consults with the university when creating priorities. |
2.79 (1.03) |
28.7 |
|
ITS should consider charging for printing costs in computer labs. |
3.27 1.23 |
46.4 |
|
ITS provides effective help from the support desk. |
3.93 (.96) |
80.2 |
|
ITS provides effective service for classroom technology. |
3.59 (.99) |
64.3 |
|
The "help" pages provided by ITS are easy to follow. |
3.27 (.84) |
43.7 |
|
I use document cameras frequently in my classes. |
3.30 (1.44) |
50.0 |
a 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
Office of International Education
|
|
Mean (SD) |
% “agree” or “strongly agree” |
|
OIE effectively assists UW-L students who study abroad. |
3.31 (1.00) |
47.0 |
|
OIE effectively assists UWL faculty and staff who want to teach abroad. |
3.06 (1.07) |
34.1 |
|
OIE fairly distributes international teaching assignments. |
2.74 (.79) |
11.8 |
|
OIE works with academic departments to develop programs that faculty and student want. |
2.90 (1.01) |
29.4 |
|
OIE should pursue post-doctoral international scholars. |
3.37 (1.08) |
45.4 |
a 1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree
