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International Survey of Engineering Faculty: Satisfaction with Engineering School Management

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  • 97 Pages
  • December 2021
  • Region: Global
  • Primary Research Group
  • ID: 5511419

This study presents the opinions of 123 engineering faculty drawn from major engineering programs at research universities predominantly in the USA but also in Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.

Faculty give their opinion of engineering school management in all of the following areas: sharing power with faculty, attracting students, enhancing education quality, providing proper research and teaching technology infrastructure, building maintenance, school marketing, adjudicating sexual harassment, deploying distance learning, furnishing library services, assistance for grant applications, fair treatment in hiring/promotion/tenure decisions, promulgating anti-discrimination measures - and much more.  In open ended questions faculty pinpoint the best and worst moves made by their engineering school management and evaluate how they have handled the pandemic. 


Just a few of this groundbreaking report’s many findings are that:

  • Satisfaction with school marketing efforts to attract new students was lowest among programs in Australia/NZ than elsewhere.
  • 77% of respondents specialized in civil engineering were either very satisfied or satisfied with their school’s job placement services for recent engineering graduates.
  • 64% of men but only 46% of women were satisfied with their school’s anti-discrimination efforts in hiring, promotion and tenure.
  • 68% of faculty in top 12 programs were highly satisfied or satisfied with their program’s efforts in helping faculty to attract research grants and other funding.
  • 85% of faculty over the age of 65 were satisfied or highly satisfied with their administration’s handling of the pandemic.

Data in the 97-page report is broken out by many variables related to the individual survey participants and their institutions including but not limited to country, gender and age of respondent, engineering school ranking,  public or private school status, and engineering specialization.


Table of Contents

SURVEY OF ENGINEERING FACULTY:  SATISFACTION WITH ENGINEERING SCHOOL MANAGEMENT    
THE QUESTIONNAIRE    
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS    


  • Characteristics of the Sample    
  • Time Frame of the Surveying    

SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS    


  • Satisfaction with School Marketing Efforts    
  • Satisfaction with Fairness and Transparency in Hiring, Promotion & Tenure    
  • Satisfaction with Recent Graduate Job Placement Success    
  • Satisfaction with Anti-Discrimination Measures    
  • Satisfaction with Policies on Sexual Harassment    
  • Satisfaction with Engineering School Information Technology    
  • Opinion on Best Practices During the Pandemic    
  • View of Worst Mistakes Made by Engineering School Management    
  • Pandemic Practices that Should be Extended Post Pandemic    
  • Satisfaction with School Management Help for Seeking Grants and Other Research Support for Faculty    
  • Satisfaction with School Success in Maintaining or Enhancing Student Quality    
  • Satisfaction with the Maintenance of School Buildings and Infrastructure    
  • Satisfaction with the Quality of Engineering Education Offered    
  • Satisfaction with How Engineering School Administration Handled the Pandemic    
  • Satisfaction with Degree of Power Sharing with Faculty    
  • Satisfaction with Deployment of Online Education    
  • Satisfaction with the Engineering Library’s Adjustment to the Pandemic    
  • Should Engineering School Administrations be Bigger or Smaller?    

List of Tables
Table 1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for each of the following factors?    
Table 1.1.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students?    
Table 1.1.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.1.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.1.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.1.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.1.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.1.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.1.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.1.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.1.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for marketing the engineering school to potential students? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.2.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions?    
Table 1.2.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.2.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.2.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.2.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.2.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.2.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.2.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.2.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.2.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness and transparency in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.3.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance?    
Table 1.3.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.3.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.3.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.3.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.3.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.3.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.3.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.3.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.3.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for recent graduate job placement assistance? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.4.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring?    
Table 1.4.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.4.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.4.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.4.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.4.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.4.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.4.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.4.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.4.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for fairness  and  anti-discrimination measures in promotion, tenure, and hiring? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.5.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment?    
Table 1.5.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.5.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.5.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.5.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.5.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.5.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.5.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.5.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.5.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for policies on sexual harassment? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.6.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?    
Table 1.6.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.6.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.6.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.6.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.6.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.6.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.6.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.6.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.6.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the provision of quality information technology?  Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.7.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support?    
Table 1.7.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.7.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.7.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.7.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.7.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.7.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.7.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.7.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.7.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for attracting grants and other research support? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.8.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality?    
Table 1.8.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.8.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.8.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.8.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.8.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.8.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.8.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.8.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.8.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining or enhancing student quality? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.9.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure?    
Table 1.9.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.9.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.9.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.9.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.9.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.9.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.9.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.9.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.9.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for maintaining school buildings  and  physical infrastructure? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.10.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered?    
Table 1.10.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the legal education offered? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.10.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.10.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.10.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.10.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.10.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.10.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.10.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.10.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the quality of the engineering education offered? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.11.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic?    
Table 1.11.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.11.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.11.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.11.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.11.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.11.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.11.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.11.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.11.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the handling of the pandemic? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.12.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty?    
Table 1.12.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.12.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.12.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.12.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.12.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.12.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.12.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.12.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.12.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for sharing power with faculty? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.13.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education?    
Table 1.13.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.13.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.13.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.13.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.13.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.13.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.13.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.13.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.13.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for the deployment of online education? Broken out by academic field    
Table 1.14.1 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic?    
Table 1.14.2 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 1.14.3 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 1.14.4 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 1.14.5 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 1.14.6 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 1.14.7 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 1.14.8 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 1.14.9 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 1.14.10 What is your level of satisfaction with your engineering school management for engineering library adjustments to the pandemic? Broken out by academic field    
What is the best thing your engineering school's management has done during the pandemic? Broken out by academic field    
What is the worst mistake your engineering school management has made over the past five years? Broken out by academic field    
What practices that developed during the pandemic do you feel should be held over and extended post pandemic? Broken out by academic field    
Table 2.1 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller?    
Table 2.2 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by country of respondent    
Table 2.3 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by engineering school ranking    
Table 2.4 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by title of respondent    
Table 2.5 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by age of respondent    
Table 2.6 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by gender of respondent    
Table 2.7 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by engineering school student enrollment    
Table 2.8 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by public or private status    
Table 2.9 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by number of courses taught in the past semester    
Table 2.10 Your engineering school administration should be bigger or smaller? Broken out by academic field    

 


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Sources / Contributors

  • Boston University
  • Brown University
  • Carleton University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Colorado State University
  • Columbia University
  • Curtin University
  • Cuyahoga Community College
  • Duke University
  • Eastern Michigan University
  • Florida International University
  • George Washington University
  • Harding University
  • Harvard School
  • Houston Baptist University
  • Imperial College
  • Massey University
  • McGill University
  • Monash University
  • Northeastern University
  • NYU
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Penn State
  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  • Saint Louis University
  • TAMU
  • The University of Maryland
  • The University of California, Riverside
  • University College Dublin
  • University of Alabama
  • University of Alberta
  • University of Auckland
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of California at Santa Barbara
  • University of Florida
  • University of Hawaii
  • University of Idaho
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Leeds
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of Nottingham Malaysia
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Regina
  • University of South Alabama
  • University of South Carolina
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Utah
  • University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Yale University

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