Overall

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Faculty feel considerably more respected by their early-career faculty colleagues than by their home unit director or senior-career colleagues.

69% of faculty feel their department fosters a respectful climate and engaging environment.

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By faculty track

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Ladder faculty experience higher levels of respect for their work than others. The greatest degree of respect comes from early career colleagues.

Perceptions of departmental atmosphere are similar for ladder and instructional faculty, but research faculty respondents report less positive experiences.

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By gender

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Female faculty feel equally supported by their early-career faculty colleagues as male faculty, but report significantly less support from their senior-career peers and their home unit leader. Non-binary and/or transgender faculty respondents report the highest levels of support from early-career colleagues, but much lower support from their home unit leader.

Female faculty are less likely to report a supportive atmosphere in their home unit than male faculty, while non-binary and/or transgender faculty are most likely to report a supportive atmosphere.

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Note: Categories are not mutually exclusive, as survey respondents were asked to select all answers that apply. Self-identified open-response gender identities are not reported because fewer responses were received than required to maintain confidentiality.

By underrepresented minority (URM) status

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URM faculty respondents report less respect from faculty colleagues than non-URM faculty, with considerably more strongly disagreeing that they are respected.

URM faculty are considerably less likely to report a supportive atmosphere in their home unit than non-URM faculty.

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Note: URM stands for “underrepresented minority.” See our Data Definitions page for more information.