The report presents detailed data on university plans for departmental budgets, the utilization of office and classroom space, hiring and staffing. The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: how has the pandemic experience impacted university hiring and staffing plans? How has it affected their long term strategic use of office, classroom and other spaces? How will resource cuts or additions be balanced among academic and administrative departments?
The report is based on responses from 68 leaders in 60 major research universities predominantly from the USA but also from Canada, the UK, Australia and Ireland. Data is presented separately for 1) deans, provosts, and presidents; 2) academic department heads and 3) administrative department heads and others in leadership positions. The data in the report is also broken out by gender and age of respondents, as well as by public/private status and international university ranking of their affiliated institutions.
Just a few of the 35-page report’s many findings are that:
- The majority of respondents (60.29%) will need about the same amount of office space after the pandemic for their immediate department.
- For the majority of respondents the pandemic has led to significant cuts in their departmental budgets.
Table of Contents
1. THE QUESTIONNAIRE
2. INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
- Characteristics of the Sample
3. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- Expectations for departmental budget
- Amount of office space needed post pandemic
- Long term impact on the number of employees
- Net gain or loss of FTE positions in spring semester 2021
- Overall impact of the pandemic on budget
- Department budget outlook relative to other departments
- What are your expectations for your departmental budget for the current and the next academic year? Broken out by work title
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Do you feel that in your immediate department that post pandemic your department will need more, less or about the same amount of office space?
Table 1.2 Do you feel that in your immediate department that post pandemic your department will need more, less or about the same amount of office space? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 1.3 Do you feel that in your immediate department that post pandemic your department will need more, less or about the same amount of office space? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 1.4 Do you feel that in your immediate department that post pandemic your department will need more, less or about the same amount of office space? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.5 Do you feel that in your immediate department that post pandemic your department will need more, less or about the same amount of office space? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 1.6 Do you feel that in your immediate department that post pandemic your department will need more, less or about the same amount of office space? Broken out by work title
Table 2.1 What do you think will be the long term impact on the number of employees in your immediate department?
Table 2.2 What do you think will be the long term impact on the number of employees in your immediate department? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 2.3 What do you think will be the long term impact on the number of employees in your immediate department? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.4 What do you think will be the long term impact on the number of employees in your immediate department? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.5 What do you think will be the long term impact on the number of employees in your immediate department? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.6 What do you think will be the long term impact on the number of employees in your immediate department? Broken out by work title
What do you think will be the net gain or loss of FTE positions in your department at the beginning of the spring semester 2021 relative to the immediate pre-pandemic period? Broken out by work title
What do you think will be the net gain or loss of FTE positions in your department at the beginning of fall semester 2021 relative to the immediate pre-pandemic period? Broken out by work title
What has been the overall impact of the pandemic on your departmental budget? Broken out by work title
Table 3.1 Relative to other administrative departments of your university would you say that your departmental budget and personnel allocation has been hit harder, about the same, or less hard than the norm for others?
Table 3.2 Relative to other administrative departments of your university would you say that your departmental budget and personnel allocation has been hit harder, about the same, or less hard than the norm for others? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 3.3 Relative to other administrative departments of your university would you say that your departmental budget and personnel allocation has been hit harder, about the same, or less hard than the norm for others? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 3.4 Relative to other administrative departments of your university would you say that your departmental budget and personnel allocation has been hit harder, about the same, or less hard than the norm for others? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.5 Relative to other administrative departments of your university would you say that your departmental budget and personnel allocation has been hit harder, about the same, or less hard than the norm for others? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.6 Relative to other administrative departments of your university would you say that your departmental budget and personnel allocation has been hit harder, about the same, or less hard than the norm for others? Broken out by work title
Samples
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Sources / Contributors
- Australian National University
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Brown University
- Capital University
- Chamberlain University
- Cleveland State University
- Curtin University
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Florida Gulf Coast University
- Georgia State University
- Highland Community College
- Judson University
- Lawrence university
- Louisiana State University
- Marquette University
- Michigan State University
- Monash University
- NCA&TSU
- Northcentral University
- Northwestern University
- Oklahoma State University
- Penn State
- Robert Morris University
- Saint Louis University
- Seton Hall University
- South Dakota State University
- State University of New York at Buffalo
- Swinburne University of Technology
- The Ohio State University
- Towson University
- University of Idaho College of Education
- University College Dublin
- University of Arkansas
- University of Calgary
- University of California Santa Barbara
- University of California Berkeley
- University of Chicago
- University of Florida
- University of Manitoba
- University of Massachusetts Lowell
- University of Nebraska
- University of North Dakota
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Toronto
- University of Utah
- University of Victoria
- University of Winnipeg
- VCU
- Wesleyan University
- West Virginia University
- Western Connecticut State University
- Yale University
Methodology
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