Faculty Climate Survey - ID-STEM

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Faculty Climate Survey
Using Statistics to Determine What Matters to Female STEM Faculty
San Luis Obispo
N. Sungar (PI), H. Smith, K. Chen, J. DeCosta, S. Opava, D. Walsh, Cal Poly, SLO
GENDER COMPOSITION OF TENURED/TENURE-TRACK FACULTY IN STEM COLLEGES
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public university located in San Luis Obispo, California.
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Nationally,
Cal
Poly
plays
a
major
role
in
STEM
education
oly.edu.
20%
with an enrollment of approximately 18,000 students,
n=24
the vast
majority
of whom
are
in office
technical
fields. Cal Poly
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use should
be directed
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Affairs
at
756-1511. Please
allow twothe
weekslargest
for the review
process.
graduates
cohort
of engineering degrees of 80%
any
n=98
STEM
Female
(n=92,
100%)
census
non-PhD granting institution in the country.
SURVEY INSTRUMENT
DEVELOPMENT
STEM Female (n=92,
100%) census
Women
80%
n=98
79%
n=58
69%
n=92
IMPLEMENTATION
LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS
census
census
Sampling strata
Men
Analysis strategy
census
53 questions from survey
selected for further analysis
census
census
30.8 %
19.7 %
69.2 %
complex
sampling
non-STEM
Female
(n=43,
52%)
STEM
Female
(n=92,
100%)
census
30.8 %
19.7 %
21 %
Other institutions’
protocol
non-STEM Male (n=47, 31%)
climate surveys
Focus groups
interviews
Partner Placement
Women
30.8 %Men
79 % (n=92, 100%)
STEM Female
census
80.3 %
19.7 %
21 %
• web-based survey administered by Chancellor’s office
Survey Questions
• anonymous (no password, no department
69.2 % information)
80.3 %
• invitation and reminders through individual emails
• encouragement from Deans & Chairs
via
email
Work Environment
Partner
Placement
Multiple Revisions
Focus
groups
statements in agreement
• two-week period with two reminders
interviews
Legal Counsel Review
“I feel isolated on the Cal Poly Campus”
COACHE
survey (2006)
Spouse employed
at Cal Poly
Focus groups
“I feel excludedinterviews
from informal networks
Partner
Placement
in my department”
Other institutions’
COACHE
Participation
Rates
climate surveys
survey (2006)
Overall – 67%
Survey Questions Female faculty in STEM Colleges – 80%
No spouse or
partner
“Faculty in my department have a
condescending attitude toward women”
Spouse employed
at Cal Poly
“I feel mistreated due to gender”
No spouse or
1
partner
Living apart
from spouse
1
2
3
4
5
odds ratio (female/male)
Living apart
from spouse
1
Survey Questions
Number of faculty
1
3
11
3
5
7
5
20
Survey Questions
Pre-test and Revisions
0
Final Survey
Pre-test and Revisions
No spouse or
“I feel partner
mistreated due to gender”
Living apart
from spouse
69.2 %
odds ratio (female/male)
Female
120+ demographics
170 questions
Male
Female
STEM STEMMultiple Revisions
Male
non-STEM
3
5
9 11
80.3
% 13
7
80
Number of faculty
40
80
Pre-test and Revisions
60
20
0
Female
responded
Male20
Male
Final Survey
STEM
170 questions
+ demographics
0
non-STEM
21 %
Women
in my department have a
On-campus“Faculty
childcare
condescending attitude toward women”
Men
79 %
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17
“I feel mistreated due to gender”
odds ratio (female/male)
1
3
5
7
9
11
13
odds ratio (female/male)
statements in disagreement
Environment
120 Work
Work in
Environment
statements
agreement
“I am treated with
respect
Partner
Placement
by male colleagues”
“I feel valued by my department
colleagues”
Spouse employed
factors
of importance
at Cal in
Poly
“Faculty
my department
are serious
about trating male and female faculty
No spouse or
equally”
On-campus childcare
partner
“In meetings people
pay
just as much
after
school
attention
when
women
speak
Living apart
or during summeras when
men speak”
from spouse
“Faculty
in my department
are as
On-campus
childcare
2
3
4
5
comfortable with1 a female administrator
as a male administrator”
odds
3 (female/male)
5 7 9 11 13 15 17
1 ratio
1
2
3
4
5
6
odds
ratio
(female/male)
odds ratio (female/male)
Childcare
100
80
60
40
20
100
80
invited
1
3
5
7
responded
9 11 13 15 17
odds ratio (female/male)
20
2
3
4
5
6
odds ratio (female/male)
Work
Environment
Female
Male
ADVANCE IT-START
“I am treated
with respect
Award
number:
HRD-0810976
STEM
by male colleagues”
“I feel valued by my department
colleagues”
TITLE:
Investigation
of the Reasons
On-campus childcare
after school
or during summer
40
1
statements in disagreement
factors of importance
60
statements in disagreement
“I feel isolated on the Cal Poly Campus”
“I am treated with respect
by male colleagues”
“I feel excluded from informal networks
in myby
department”
“I feel valued
my department
colleagues”
“Faculty in my department have a
“Faculty in
my department
are serious
condescending
attitude
toward women”
about trating male and female faculty
equally”
“I feel mistreated due to gender”
“In meetings people pay just as much
attention when women speak as when
1
3
5
7
9 11 13
men speak”
“Faculty in my department are asodds ratio (female/male)
comfortable with a female administrator
as a male administrator”
0
On-campus childcare
40
Men
170 questions + demographics
Work Environment
120 Childcare
invited
5
“I feel isolated on the Cal Poly Campus”
On-campus childcare
after
school from informal networks
“I feel
excluded
or during summer
in my department”
odds ratio (female/male)
100
60
4
factors of importance
odds ratio (female/male)
3
4
5
2
Final
Survey
Legal Counsel
Review
170Development
questions + demographics
Survey
Assistance
120
from Chancellor’s Office
100
Female
1
Final Survey
“In meetings people pay just as much
attention when women On-campus
speak as when
childcare
responded
men speak”
after school
or during
“Faculty in my department
are assummer
comfortable with a female administrator
as a maleOn-campus
administrator”
childcare
1
2
3
4
5
6
odds
7 9 11 13 15 17
1 3ratio5(female/male)
9 11 13 15 17
3
Work Environment
Childcare
statements in agreement
19.7 %
Spouse
employed
“Faculty
in my department have a
at
Cal
Poly
condescending attitude
toward women”
4
Multiple Revisions
“I am
treated with respect
Focus
groups
by male colleagues”
Legal Counsel
Review
interviews
“I feel valued by my department
colleagues”
Survey Development
AssistanceCOACHE
survey (2006)
Childcare
“FacultyChancellor’s
in my department areOffice
serious
from
about trating male and female faculty
2
Women
odds ratio (female/male)
30.8 %
13
factors of importance invited
equally”
40
69.2 %
“I feel excluded from informal networks
in my department”
odds ratio (female/male)
2
SELECTED
RESULTS
79 %
80.3 %
1
Partner Placement
statements in disagreement
Other institutions’
climate surveys
60
170 questions + demographics
Number of faculty
9
Living apart
from spouse
“I feel isolated on the Cal Poly Campus”
Work Environment
Pre-test and Revisions
odds ratio (female/male)
Final Survey
7
Men
79 %
1
Multiple Revisions
100
Legal Counsel Review
Childcare
Survey Development
Assistance
80
factors of importance
from Chancellor’s Office
On-campus childcare
5
30.8 %
Odds that women agree (or disagree)
Survey Development Assistance
Work Environment
with
a
statement
as
compared
to
males
from Chancellor’s Office statements in agreement
odds ratio (female/male)
120
On-campus childcare
after school
or during summer
3
Spouse employed
If p<0.05,
then
corresponding odds ratios were
at Cal Poly
Women
19.7 %No
21
%
or
calculated
tospouse
determine
nature
of
the differences
partner
Number of faculty
69.2 %
80.3 %
Responses binned and p-values calculated to
detect statistical significance based on:
•  gender
•  college
•  age tenure status
COACHE
•  STEM vs. non-STEM
survey (2006)
STEM Male (n=116, 41%)
Other institutions’
climate surveys
Pre-test and Revisions
20%
n=24
Women
STEM Female (n=92, 100%)
COACHE
survey (2006)
Multiple Revisions
Legal Counsel Review
Survey Development Assistance
from Chancellor’s Office
College of Engineering
Men
STEM Female (n=92, 100%)
Focus groups
and interviews
Survey Questions
census
21%
n=15
STEM Female (n=92, 100%)
Other institutions’
climate surveys
STEM Female (n=92, 100%)
31%
n=41
STEM Female (n=92, 100%)
• recruitment and hiring
• job satisfaction, workload
• personal & professional life balance
• childcare availability
• support for professional development
• work environment
• retention/promotion/tenure expectations
census
College of Agriculture, Food and
Environmental Sciences
College of Science and Math
STEM Female (n=92, 100%)
Factors likely to contribute to
the faculty experience
STEM Female (n=92, 100%)
umber of faculty
al Cal Poly word mark should be used on
pus letterhead, brochures, business cards,
s, labels, signage, videotapes, film products,
phs, slides, Web pages, banners, etc.
“Faculty in my department are serious
about trating male and female faculty
equally”
“In meetings people pay just as much
attention when women speak as when
men speak”
“Faculty in my department are as
comfortable with a female administrator
as a male administrator”
for Participation and Advancement
of Women in Academic Science and
Engineering Careersinvited
at Cal Poly
1
responded
2
3
4
5
6
odds ratio (female/male)