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Section 1: Faculty Demographics
* The male/ female ratio for Coalition first year students is almost the reverse of the faculty ratio.
* The percentage of minority faculty at Coalition schools was less than half that of faculty in the comparison group AND approximately half that of minority students on Coalition campuses.
* Highest degree earned appears lower (42% vs. 52%).
* The percentage of faculty at full professor rank is higher at CCCU colleges.
* CCCU faculty are tenured at rates just slightly lower than their counterparts.
* Female faculty are tenured approxi-mately 20% less often than male in ALL college groups.
* There are significant differences between salaries of the two groups.
Section 2 - General and Educational Activities
* 49% of male and almost 61% of female CCCU faculty say their primary interest is very heavily in teaching.
* CCCU faculty spent slightly more time on scheduled teaching, slightly less on preparation, and less time advising students.
* The Protestant and private faculty spent more time in committee work.
* According to data, CCU faculty are not overworked in job related duties in comparison with Protestant or private faculty.
* In research, published articles, books, manuals or monographs, all percentages of CCCU faculty contributing are slightly less than the comparison groups, but more than 50% have had something published in the last two years.
* The only evaluation method used by a greater percentage of CCCU faculty in most or all of their classes was the multiple choice mid-terms or finals.
Section 3: Campus Climate Issues
* There was greater difference between male and female faculty than among the institutional groups; e.g., on the question whether women faculty are treated fairly, there were 15 percentage points difference between male and females in each group, but less than 2 points difference among the three groups.
* More than half of CCCU faculty said: 1) it was easy to see faculty outside office hours, 2) faculty respect each other, and 3) good opportunities exist for student participation in community service.
* Of the following: 1) most students treated like numbers, 2) little student/ faculty contact; and 3) students don't socialize regularly, 90% of CCCU faculty said these were not descriptive of their institutions.
* The issue given greatest priority by CCCU faculty was helping students understand values; for the comparison group it was promoting intellectual development of students. The greatest difference was enhancing the institutions national image with a full 15% gap (the CCCU faculty rating it less important).
Section 4: Personal Goals and Values of Faculty
* To be a good teacher was rated very important by more than 99% of ALL faculty; the second highest was to be a good colleague.
* The least attractive goal was to participate in administrative work. * ALL groups said their top rated goal (99+%) for their students was to develop the ability to think clearly.
* 90+% of CCCU faculty labeled two other goals as very important or essential: increase self-directed learning and develop moral character, while less than 75% of the comparison group agreed.
* The goal rated least important was teaching the classics of Western civilization.
* Political orientation on a 5-pt scale of far left to far right showed 17.1% of CCCU faculty rating themselves liberal (pt. 2) and 46.9% conservative (pt. 4), while 32.5% (Protestant faculty) and 37% (Private) said liberal and 28.9% and 22.1% (same order) said conservative.
* Four issues prompted a difference greater than 15 percentage points: 1) college can ban extreme speakers, 2) abortion should be legal, 3) national health care plan needed, 4) death penalty should be abolished.
* Two issues created more than 15% difference among gender within each group with males supporting the first and females the second: 1) Western civilization should be foundation of the undergraduate curriculum, 2) community service should be required for graduation.
* The 3 most important personal goals among all groups were: 1) develop a meaningful philosophy of life, 2) raise a family, 3) help others in difficulty. The 2 least important goals were 1) influence political structure, 2) be very well-off financially.
* Among all 3 groups, at least 15% more males than females thought raising a family was more important. * There were very few differences for all faculty identifying the amount of stress they experienced over the past two years, but females experienced a great deal more stress.
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