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Chapter 6: Faculty Involvement in Assessment Table 6.1: Description of college faculty's role in developing the college's assessment vehicles |
| It's largely an administration effort | It's led by the administration with some input from faculty | Both the college administration and faculty are intimately involved | It's been led primarily by faculty | | Entire Sample | 6.17% | 24.69% | 51.85% | 17.28% | Table 6.2: Description of college faculty’s role in developing the college’s assessment vehicles, Broken Out by Type of College | Type of College | It's largely an administration effort | It's led by the administration with some input from faculty | Both the college administration and faculty are intimately involved | It's been led primarily by faculty | | Community College | 0.00% | 8.33% | 66.67% | 25.00% | | Primarily a 4-year Degree Granting Institution | 12.12% | 21.21% | 51.52% | 15.15% | | An MA or PHD Granting Institution | 0.00% | 23.81% | 57.14% | 19.05% | | A Research University | 6.67% | 46.67% | 33.33% | 13.33% | Table 6.3: Description of college faculty’s role in developing the college’s assessment vehicles, Broken Out by Public or Private Institutional Status | Public or Private Status | It's largely an administration effort | It's led by the administration with some input from faculty | Both the college administration and faculty are intimately involved | It's been led primarily by faculty | | Public College | 3.85% | 28.85% | 46.15% | 21.15% | | Private College | 10.34% | 17.24% | 62.07% | 10.34% |
Table 6.4: Description of college faculty’s role in developing the college’s assessment vehicles, Broken Out by Full time equivalent enrollment | Full Time Equivalent Enrollment | It's largely an administration effort | It's led by the administration with some input from faculty | Both the college administration and faculty are intimately involved | It's been led primarily by faculty | | 2,500 or less | 12.00% | 12.00% | 64.00% | 12.00% | | 2,501 to 6,000 | 6.25% | 12.50% | 43.75% | 37.50% | | 6,001 to 14,999 | 5.26% | 26.32% | 47.37% | 21.05% | | 15,000 or more | 0.00% | 47.62% | 47.62% | 4.76% | Table 6.5: Description of college's faculty views on the assessment efforts of the college administration |
| For the most part they are suspicious of it and are not completely cooperative | They pay lip service to the idea but I can't say that they are enthused about it | They are on-board with most of our initiatives | They are quite enthusiastic and cooperative about improving assessment at the college | | Entire Sample | 13.33% | 48.00% | 36.00% | 2.67% | Table 6.6: Description of college’s faculty views on the assessment efforts of the college administration, Broken Out by Type of College | Type of College | For the most part they are suspicious of it and are not completely cooperative | They pay lip service to the idea but I can't say that they are enthused about it | They are on-board with most of our initiatives | They are quite enthusiastic and cooperative about improving assessment at the college | | Community College | 20.00% | 30.00% | 50.00% | 0.00% | | Primarily a 4-year Degree Granting Institution | 12.50% | 43.75% | 40.63% | 3.13% | | An MA or PHD Granting Institution | 10.00% | 55.00% | 35.00% | 0.00% | | A Research University | 15.38% | 61.54% | 15.38% | 7.69% |
Table 6.7: Description of college’s faculty views on the assessment efforts of the college administration, Broken Out by Public or Private Institutional Status | Public or Private Status | For the most part they are suspicious of it and are not completely cooperative | They pay lip service to the idea but I can't say that they are enthused about it | They are on-board with most of our initiatives | They are quite enthusiastic and cooperative about improving assessment at the college | | Public College | 14.89% | 51.06% | 29.79% | 4.26% | | Private College | 10.71% | 42.86% | 46.43% | 0.00% | Table 6.8: Description of college’s faculty views on the assessment efforts of the college administration, Broken Out by Full time equivalent enrollment | Full Time Equivalent Enrollment | For the most part they are suspicious of it and are not completely cooperative | They pay lip service to the idea but I can't say that they are enthused about it | They are on-board with most of our initiatives | They are quite enthusiastic and cooperative about improving assessment at the college | | 2,500 or less | 8.33% | 45.83% | 45.83% | 0.00% | | 2,501 to 6,000 | 20.00% | 20.00% | 60.00% | 0.00% | | 6,001 to 14,999 | 11.11% | 66.67% | 11.11% | 11.11% | | 15,000 or more | 16.67% | 55.56% | 27.78% | 0.00% | Table 6.9: Percentage of colleges in the sample that have one or more centers to develop faculty teaching skills |
| Yes | No | | Entire Sample | 62.96% | 37.04% | Table 6.10: Percentage of colleges in the sample that have one or more centers to develop faculty teaching skills, Broken Out by Type of College | Type of College | Yes | No | | Community College | 66.67% | 33.33% | | Primarily a 4-year Degree Granting Institution | 48.48% | 51.52% | | An MA or PHD Granting Institution | 61.90% | 38.10% | | A Research University | 93.33% | 6.67% |
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