Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.69
Liaison Deborah Steinberg
Submission Date Feb. 7, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Carnegie Mellon University
PA-12: Assessing Employee Satisfaction

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.55 / 1.00 Janel Sutkus
Director of Institutional Research
Institutional Research
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Has the institution conducted a survey or other evaluation that allows for anonymous feedback to measure employee satisfaction and engagement during the previous three years?:
Yes

Percentage of employees (staff and faculty) assessed, directly or by representative sample (0-100):
55.10

A brief description of the institution’s methodology for evaluating employee satisfaction and engagement:
The Faculty Experiences Study is based on a set of research questions developed by the Vice Provost for Faculty and is designed to understand:  the proportion of time faculty spend on teaching, research and service  how able faculty are to balance teaching, research, and service  how faculty perceive their individual teaching, research, and service are perceived by other faculty  satisfaction with university-, college-, and department-provided resources for their work  the level of support provided for typical teaching and research activities  the availability and quality of mentoring  submission rates for journal and conference papers, books, creative works, and grant proposals  perceptions of how faculty as a body is treated by the administration  perceptions of policies related to hiring and promotion  typical sources of stress  perceptions of how female, minority race, international, LGBTQ, and faculty with disabilities are treated  awareness of resources  reasons faculty may consider when thinking of leaving their jobs  whether faculty would choose CMU again

A brief description of the mechanism(s) by which the institution addresses issues raised by the evaluation (including examples from the previous three years):
The Faculty Experiences Study, conducted by the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis for the Vice Provost for Faculty, focused on satisfaction, atmosphere, mentoring, climate for diversity, and work/life balance of faculty. The findings were reviewed by the Vice Provost, the Provost, and all Deans and Departments Heads. Results were made broadly available to all faculty across campus.

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The 55.1 percent represents the response rate among the faculty group being studied - including tenure-track, teaching-track, research-track, and library-track. Staff were not included in this project.

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