Overall
Summary of responses
FAS faculty respondents report feeling considerably more respected by their early-career faculty colleagues than by their chair or senior-career colleagues.
Most FAS faculty respondents report that their department/program fosters a respectful climate and engaging environment.
By gender
Summary of responses
FAS faculty across gender identities report feeling similarly supported by their early-career faculty colleagues, but male FAS faculty respondents report more experience of respect from both senior-career faculty colleagues and chairs.
Female and non-binary/transgender/rather not say/self-identified FAS faculty are significantly less likely to report a supportive atmosphere in their department/program than male FAS faculty.
Note: Categories are not mutually exclusive, as survey respondents were asked to select all answers that apply. To maintain confidentiality for categories with small response sizes, “Non-binary”, “Transgender”, “Rather not say”, and self-identified open-response gender identities have been grouped together. If any group contains fewer than 5 respondents, all response counts are rounded to the nearest 5 to prevent inference of specific group sizes.
By faculty track
Summary of responses
FAS ladder faculty respondents report higher levels of respect for their work than other tracks, with research faculty respondents reporting the lowest levels. The greatest degree of respect comes from early career colleagues, regardless of track.
Perceptions of department/program atmosphere are highest for FAS ladder faculty, with FAS research faculty respondents reporting less positive experiences, and instructional faculty respondents reporting the most amount of strong disagreement.
By underrepresented minority (URM) status
Summary of responses
FAS URM faculty respondents report considerably less respect from faculty colleagues and chairs than non-URM faculty.
FAS URM faculty are considerably less likely to report a supportive atmosphere in their department/program than non-URM faculty.
Note: URM stands for “underrepresented minority.” See our Data Definitions page for more information.