Confidential Climate Survey for UC Berkeley Ladder-Rank Faculty

The goal of this survey is to provide an overall understanding of the working conditions for UC Berkeley ladder-rank faculty. The survey, which will take approximately 30 minutes to complete, focuses on the following four areas: A) your employment experiences, B) your degree of satisfaction, C) your perceptions of your work environment, and D) demographic information.

We truly want your candid responses, which we will keep strictly confidential by detaching them automatically from your name and email address. All results from this survey will be presented in aggregate, so there is no possibility of identification.

To our knowledge, no campus-wide climate survey has ever been conducted at UC Berkeley. Therefore, we thank you in advance for your time and effort in contributing to this milestone event. Survey results are likely to shape policy by serving as a benchmark in our ongoing efforts to make this campus an excellent place to work.

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A. Employment Experience

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor

Full Professor, Step VI or below

Full Professor Above Step VI

What is your current faculty rank?

Yes

No

Do you currently serve in an administrative post?

If "no," click here to skip to question 3. If yes, specify the post:

Dean

Assistant or Associate Dean

Chair

Vice Chair

Director of center, institute, laboratory or program

Other

Please specify the year that each of the following events occurred if applicable:

4.

In which academic division or school is your primary appointment?

Division or school? L and S Humanities L and S Social Science L and S Physical Science L and S Biological Science College of Chemistry College of Natural Resources College of Engineering School of Public Health Haas School of Business Graduate School of Journalism School of Social Welfare School of Education Law School School of Public Policy School of Optometry College of Environmental Design School of Information Management and Systems

If you have been appointed to any specific departments or units within your division or school, please indicate your primary and secondary appointments(if applicable) in the table below:

Throughout the rest of this survey,we will use unit to refer to the department, unit or school where you have your primary appointment. For example, your unit might be the Department of Political Science or the School of Social Welfare.

5.

What is the average annual teaching load in your unit measured by number of courses?

Courses per year? none 1 2 3 4 5 6 or more

How many classes and students did you teach during the 2002-2003 academic year?

Yes

No

Have you created any courses in the last 5 years which are now part of the standard course offerings at UC Berkeley?

If "yes" how many?

Courses created? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 or more

Yes

No

If "yes" did you request to develop these courses?

Yes

No

Have you requested to teach a course in the past 5 years and not been assigned to teach it?

How many of each of the following types of advisees do you have?

Specify the number of each of the following types of commitees you are serving on this year and indicate how many you chair (e.g. executive, search, admissions, ad hoc review, awards, space, etc.) Do NOT include graduate student examination committees.

Yes

No

Have you ever wanted to serve on a committee but were not given the opportunity to serve?

Please indicate whether you have served or been asked to serve as a unit chair, dean or administrator.

Would you consider a part-time option for your faculty position at UC Berkeley, with health benefits and pro-rated salary?

Yes, I am interested in a permanent part time position.

Yes, I would interested in working part-time for limited periods as the need arose.

No, I have no interest in working part-time under these conditions.

I already work part-time.

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B. Career Satisfaction

Very satisfied

Somewhat satisfied

Somewhat dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your current position at UC Berkeley ?

Specify the degree to which you are satisfied with each of the following:

Very satisfied

Somewhat satisfied

Somewhat dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

Not applicable

a.

Current rank

b.

Current salary

c.

The way you were welcomed to the UC Berkeley campus

d.

Teaching responsibilities

e.

Advising responsibilities

f.

Committee responsibilities

g.

Quantity of space for research

h.

Quality of space for research

i.

Unit and campus-wide research and library facilities

j.

Computer facilities and support

k.

Resources for new ventures

l.

Number of graduate students

m.

Quality of graduate students

n.

Opportunities to collaborate with faculty in home unit.

o.

Opportunities to collaborate with faculty in other units on the UC Berkeley campus

p.

Intellectual stimulation of your work

q.

Clerical and administrative support

r.

Parking

s.

Housing

t.

Time available for scholarly work

u.

Balance between personal and professional life

v.

Amount of time you have for yourself

w.

Commute time

Please list the two characteristics of your position that you like most, and the two characteristics you like least.

The tables below list major types of scholarly endeavor. In the yellow portion of each table, please indicate how much importance this endeavor has for YOU. In the green portion of each table, indicate your impression of the level of importance the endeavor has for your UNIT.