IUPUI Faculty Survey – 2018
Purpose, Methods, and Respondents
PURPOSE
To measure indicators related to employment satisfaction, satisfaction with services, and engagement in high impact practices in order to better understand faculty experiences at IUPUI.
METHODS
Survey administered to census of all full-time and part-time faculty (excluding School of Medicine) in spring 2018.
RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS
| All Respondents | All Invited | |
| Female | 54.1% | 52.6% |
| Male | 45.9% | 47.4% |
| White | 78.5% | 77.4% |
| Asian | 10.0% | 10.1% |
| Black/African-American | 6.5% | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Full-time tenured/tenure track | 40.7% | 30.7% |
| Full-time non tenure track | 31.8% | 26.4% |
| Part-time/adjunct | 27.5% | 42.9% |
| Liberal Arts | 17.6% | 15.2% |
| ENGT | 10.9% | 11.5% |
| Science | 11.2% | 11.0% |
| Dentistry | 6.9% | 9.0% |
| Social Work | 6.8% | 7.0% |
| Nursing | 6.3% | 5.7% |
| Business | 5.3% | 5.0% |
| Law | 2.2% | 4.5% |
| PETM | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Informatics | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Education | 3.6% | 3.8% |
| SPEA | 3.9% | 3.7% |
| Public Health | 4.3% | 3.6% |
| Herron | 3.6% | 3.3% |
| SHRS | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| University Library | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Philanthropy | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| UGE | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Other | 2.8% | 2.2% |
| N | 1170 | 2380 |
| Response Rate | 49.2% | — |
- Participants approximate the demographic characteristics of IUPUI faculty as a whole.
- Faculty from every School participated in the survey.
- Full-time faculty, particularly those who are tenured or on tenure-track, were more likely to respond than part-time faculty.
RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS BY POSITION
| Tenured/tenure- track Faculty | Full-time non tenure track Faculty | Part-time/adjunct Faculty | |
| Female | 43.5% | 62.1% | 60.6% |
| Male | 56.5% | 37.9% | 39.4% |
| White | 74.2% | 78.0% | 85.7% |
| Asian | 15.5% | 9.1% | 2.8% |
| Black/African-American | 5.7% | 7.5% | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 2.5% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| N | 476 | 372 | 322 |
| Response Rate | 65.1% | 59.2% | 31.5% |
- A higher percentage of female faculty is found among full-time non tenure-track faculty and adjuncts compared to tenured/tenure-track faculty.
- Part-time/adjunct faculty has a higher percentage of white faculty compared to the other two types while tenured/tenure-track has a higher percentage of faculty who identify as Asian especially when compared to adjuncts.
In the following analyses comparisons will sometimes be made using the categories of STEM faculty as well as Health and Life Sciences (HLS) faculty. STEM faculty consists of those from the Schools of Engineering & Technology, Informatics, and Science. HLS faculty contains persons from the Schools of Nursing, Public Health, Dentistry, Physical Education & Tourism Management, and Health & Rehab Sciences. Faculty from the School of Medicine were not included in this survey upon request from the School. The HLS category is also limited in that the majors of Health Information Management (School of Informatics) and Healthcare Engineering Technology Management (School of Engineering & Technology) are considered Health and Life Sciences majors – but faculty teaching those majors could not be included, as faculty are not identified by department to protect confidentiality.
