Demographics

• Sex - 59.8% females (N=158)
• 40.2% males (N=106)
• Race/ethnicity identification -- 3% Asian
• 4.9% African American/Black
• .4% Native American
• 3.4% Latino/a
• 85.2% White
• 3% other categorizations
• Degree -- 65.2% Doctorate
• 25.6% Masters
• 5.8% Other
• Appointment status -- 50.4% Tenured (53% female)
• 29.1% tenure track (65% female)
• 11.6% non-tenure track full-time (77% female)
• 8.9% Adj./part time (57% female)
• Years at MTSU -- 38% <5 years
• 26.7% 5 - 10 years
• 24.8% 11 - 20 years
• 10.5% >20 years
• Children 18 or less living with you -
• 34.5% yes
• 65.5% no
• Adult caregiver - 4.9% yes
• 95.1% no
• US citizens - 95%
• Sexual orientation - 91.8% heterosexual
• 5.8% gay/lesbian
• 2.3% bisexual
• Religious faith - 64.5% Christian
• 3.4% Jewish
• 1.5% Muslim
• 23.3% none
• 7.3% Other
• Disabled - 4.2%
• Age groups -- 4.4% < 30
• 19.7% 30-39
• 32.4% 40-49
• 35.6% 50-59
• 7% >60

Section 1: Experience in department/unit at MTSU.

(NOTE for easy reference -- questions that differ significantly by sex are boxed. Strongly agree is scored 1.)

"I feel that I have received adequate guidance/mentoring from other members of my department."

• Mean = 2.2, median = 2.
• 63.8% agree or strongly agree
• 33.6% disagree or strongly disagree
• 2.6% don't know

"My department chair meets with me as appropriate to discuss my performance, career, and/or promotions."

• Mean = 2.17, median = 2.
• Most (65.8%) agreed or strongly agreed but there were some important differences between groups that should be noted.
• More females (33%) than males (26%) either disagreed or somewhat disagreed. (p=.016)
• A significant difference was found between those tenured, in tenure track positions or not. Many more of those not in tenured or tenurable positions disagreed or simply did not know if they were meeting with their chair appropriately (62.5% adjunct/part time compared with 31.5% tenured and 26.7% of those in tenure track positions).

"Faculty who are openly critical of aspects of my department have no cause to fear retribution."

• Mean = 2.56, median = 2.
• Approximately 57% of the sample agreed or strongly agreed that they had no fear of retribution. This did not differ by sex, but it did differ by appointment status and years at MTSU.
• For each of the different levels of appointment, except part time/adjuncts (41.7%), the majority agreed or strongly agreed there was no fear. Interestingly the largest difference was found among those who strongly