Survey on Research Space
(3/08)

Survey

This survey is to gather information on how your department or institution deals with faculty and research space.

1. Is your institution ____ public or ____ private?

2. Do you have department or university policies for allocation of research space?

3. Who is responsible for allocating the space?

The most common mechanism for research space allocation appeared to be that the college dean allocated space to each of the departments and the chair determined who got space within the department.

4. Can someone lose space if they are not productive?

Usually it takes 2-5 years of non-productivity for a faculty member to lose space.

4a. If yes, can they earn space back?

In those cases where a faculty member can earn back space it is difficult and very rare to occur.

4b. If yes, what are the ramifications of losing space on yearly evaluations, promotion, and tenure?

Most common answers:
1. Negatively impacts yearly evaluation due to decrease in productivity.
2. Change of assignment to increase teaching.
3. Reduced ability to be tenured or promoted.
4. Loss of job for non-tenured faculty.
5. No or lesser raises.
6. Reduction from twelve to a nine month appointment.

4c. Are there issues related to faculty contracts or the faculty handbook?

Not all schools responded.


 

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