#  Updates on Data Use and Dissemination: Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey 

 





April 16, 2019

 

 

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 As a research-practice partnership, we work to advance scholarship on the professoriate, academic culture, diversity and equity, and related faculty issues by selectively sharing our survey data with established scholars and their doctoral students, many of whom have published [journal articles, books and dissertations](/publications) analyzing COACHE data. With more than a decade passing since Congress has funded a [National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty](https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nsopf/), our data set has become an increasingly valuable tool to understanding full-time postsecondary faculty in the United States.

 In 2018, we worked to overhaul our internal processes to make data provisioning faster, easier, and more sustainable over the long-run. COACHE staff worked with Harvard’s Institutional Research Board (IRB) and Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) to develop a consistent process and data use agreement to govern COACHE’s research data sharing activities. With this work completed, we look forward to facilitating new research and new voices on academic culture, faculty diversity, and the professoriate.

##  Characteristics of the Faculty Job Satisfaction Data Set

 In total, the dataset includes information on approximately 70,000 respondents and 74,000 non-respondents of our [Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey](/faculty-job-satisfaction-survey) for an overall response rate of 48.6%. The tables below summarize the potential breadth of our data.

 Sort    Number of Survey Administrations   Number of Institutions       1 

  108 

    2 or more 

  78 

    **Total** 

  **186** 

  



 Sort    Carnegie Classification   Number of Institutions       Associates 

  25 

    Baccalaureate 

  43 

    Masters 

  46 

    Research 

  70 

    Other 

  2 

    **Total** 

  **186** 

  



 Sort    Demographic Category   Number of Records       Amer. Indian, Native Alaskan 

  692 

    Asian, Asian-Amer., Pac. Isl. 

  17,140 

    White (non-Hispanic) 

  109,802 

    Black or African-American 

  6,996 

    Hispanic or Latinx 

  5,641 

    Multiracial 

  1,406 

    Other Race/Ethnicity 

  2,571 

    Male 

  86,840 

    Female 

  58,175 

    **Total** 

  **145,045** 

  



##  To request access to the data set, follow the steps below: 

1. **Request an application:** Requester must be a faculty member at an accredited institution of higher education. Doctoral students may request data if sponsored by a faculty member.
2. **Describe study and data security:** Requester prepares a statement describing the study and plans for data security to meet Harvard standards for high-risk information “level 3”.
3. **Submit data use agreement:** Requester’s university and Harvard sign data use agreement governing terms of data release. Requesting faculty member and graduate students also sign Data Use Agreement.
 
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####  <a>For more information on the data available, opportunities for scholarship, and full application instructions, visit </a>[https://coache.gse.harvard.edu/data-requests](/data-requests). 



 

 

 



 

 

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