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Lecturer Survey F12
This survey has been sent to all lecturers who taught at NJIT in the academic
year 2011-2012. Please complete the survey even if you are not presently
teaching at NJIT.
Survey by Invitation
2012-11-07
2012-11-07
2012-12-20
Q.1.How did you get hired as a Lecturer at NJIT?
Total
Total Responses
14
22
10
7
1
11
65
Percent
21.54%
33.85%
15.38%
10.77%
1.54%
16.92%
100%
Total
Total Responses
44
51
21
9
20
17
162
Percent
27.16%
31.48%
12.96%
5.56%
12.35%
10.49%
100%
Total
Total Responses
11
52
63
Percent
17.46%
82.54%
100%
Total Responses
64
Percent
57.66%
I switched over from prior employment as a Special Lecturer
I was an adjunct at NJIT
Personal contact
Public advertisement
Switch from a tenure-track position
Other (Please Specify)
Q.2.Which of the following did the hiring process involve? (check all that apply)
Submission of resume/portfolio
Interview with chair or program director
Interview with other departmental or college administrator
Interview with search committee
Meeting with faculty members
Reference check
Q.3.How was your starting salary determined?
Negotiated
Fixed by position line
Q.4.How is your performance evaluated? (check all that apply)
Student course evaluations
In-class or in-studio peer assessment
Assessment of student outcomes (term paper, design project etc.)
Interview with department chair or director
Other (Please Specify)
Total
7
14
18
8
111
6.31%
12.61%
16.22%
7.21%
100%
Total
Total Responses
0
8
18
35
5
66
Percent
0%
12.12%
27.27%
53.03%
7.58%
100%
Total
Total Responses
23
13
30
66
Percent
34.85%
19.7%
45.45%
100%
Total
Total Responses
9
11
16
36
Percent
25%
30.56%
44.44%
100%
Total
Total Responses
46
20
66
Percent
69.7%
30.3%
100%
Total Responses
19
12
14
Percent
42.22%
26.67%
31.11%
Q.5.How many courses do you typically teach as a Lecturer at NJIT per semester?
1
2
3
4
5 or more
Q.6.Did you teach "overload" courses within the last three years (e.g. courses in excess of regular teaching assignment)?
Yes, with additional compensation
Yes, with no additional compensation
No
Q.7.How often has this happened?
One semester
Two semesters
Three or more semesters
Q.8.Have you taught as an Adjunct at NJIT during summer or winter sessions in any of the past three years?
Yes
No
Q.9.How many courses have you taught in a single summer or winter session?
1 class per session
2 classes per session
3 or more classes per session
Total
45
100%
Total
Total Responses
8
5
29
3
45
Percent
17.78%
11.11%
64.44%
6.67%
100%
Total
Total Responses
22
26
28
47
123
Percent
17.89%
21.14%
22.76%
38.21%
100%
Total
Total Responses
47
45
57
37
17
21
224
Percent
20.98%
20.09%
25.45%
16.52%
7.59%
9.38%
100%
Total
Total Responses
10
13
0
5
38
66
Percent
15.15%
19.7%
0%
7.58%
57.58%
100%
Total Responses
Percent
Q.10.Why did you teach in summer or winter session?
Department request
Love of subject
Financial considerations
Other (Please Specify)
Q.11.How would you best characterize your role in the development of course(s) taught at NJIT? (check all that apply)
Provided with text and syllabus; minimal changes expected
Asked to modify existing syllabus
Old syllabus provided as guidance for thorough overhaul
Created entirely new course
Q.12.What type(s) of courses have you taught as a Lecturer at NJIT? (check all that apply)
Undergraduate required course (GUR)
Undergraduate course offered for departmental discipline
Required course for a degree major
Elective (advanced) course for a degree major
Graduate required course
Graduate elective course
Q.13.During the 2011-2012 academic year, were you also employed outside NJIT?
Other part-time academic position
Other part-time non-academic position
Full-time academic position
Full-time non-academic position
No outside employment
Q.14.If you taught at another institution as well as NJIT during Spring Semester 2012,
how many courses did you teach at the other institution?
1
2
3 or more
Total
7
1
0
8
87.5%
12.5%
0%
100%
Total
Total Responses
6
8
1
0
2
0
17
Percent
35.29%
47.06%
5.88%
0%
11.76%
0%
100%
Total
Total Responses
9
28
32
19
88
Percent
10.23%
31.82%
36.36%
21.59%
100%
Total
Total Responses
38
28
0
0
0
66
Percent
57.58%
42.42%
0%
0%
0%
100%
Total
Total Responses
19
40
59
Percent
32.2%
67.8%
100%
Total Responses
Percent
Q.15.If you are teaching elsewhere as well, which of the following did the hiring process involve? (check all that apply)
Submission of resume/portfolio
Interview with chair or program director
Interview with other departmental or college administrator
Interview with search committee
Meeting with faculty members
Reference check
Q.16.What is the highest degree you have attained (check all that apply)?
Bachelor's
Master's
Ph.D.
Other professional degree (e.g.,M.B.A., J.D., M. Arch)
Q.17.What is your current position at NJIT?
University Lecturer
Senior University Lecturer
Tenure-track or Tenured faculty
Research professor
No longer at NJIT
Q.18.Are you an NJIT alumnus or alumna?
Yes
No
Q.19.What is the primary reason you have decided to serve at NJIT as a Lecturer?
Personal commitment to education/students /NJIT
Need work to fit with demands of family life
Couldn't get full-time position in other field or with other school
Teach in my academic field
NJIT was not hiring tenure track positions in my field
Hope this appointment as Lecturer would be a stepping stone to tenure-track position at NJIT
Other (Please Specify)
Total
21
4
1
21
3
11
4
65
32.31%
6.15%
1.54%
32.31%
4.62%
16.92%
6.15%
100%
Total
Total Responses
43
52
17
61
60
49
39
43
21
37
15
7
6
450
Percent
9.56%
11.56%
3.78%
13.56%
13.33%
10.89%
8.67%
9.56%
4.67%
8.22%
3.33%
1.56%
1.33%
100%
Q.20.As a Lecturer, which of the following did NJIT and/or your department provide you? (check all that apply)
Libraires and other scholarly resources
Private office space
Shared office space
Computer and printer
Telephone
Internet and email Copy machine
Copy machine
Administrative support
Funds for travel to conferences
Professional development and training (including use of Moodle, ITMS)
Mentoring
Research and publication support
Other (Please Specify)
Q.21.In what way(s) did your academic unit assist you in getting off to a good start and continuous improvement in your position as a Lecturer? (check all that
apply):
Total Responses
Percent
Orientation program at outset
12
20.69%
Formal mentoring program
1
1.72%
Informal mentoring
25
43.1%
Other (Please Specify)
20
34.48%
Total
58
100%
Q.22.As a Lecturer, have you received release time?
No
Yes, for administrative work
Yes, for research
Total Responses
41
14
3
Percent
62.12%
21.21%
4.55%
Other (Please Specify)
Total
8
66
12.12%
100%
Total Responses
Percent
Q. 23 As a Lecturer at NJIT, did you?
Often
Help develop courses in your
department
Serve on departmental committees
Attend departmental meetings
Vote at departmental meetings
Serve on university committees outside
your department
Attend university faculty meetings
Perform funded research
Publish original research or other work
Sometimes
Never
#
36
%
55.38%
#
24
%
36.92%
#
5
%
7.69%
65
-
25
52
23
11
39.06%
78.79%
37.7%
17.46%
25
12
22
17
39.06%
18.18%
36.07%
26.98%
14
2
16
35
21.88%
3.03%
26.23%
55.56%
64
66
61
63
-
10
5
7
15.87%
7.94%
11.11%
29
17
26
46.03%
26.98%
41.27%
24
41
30
38.1%
65.08%
47.62%
63
63
63
-
Total Responses
14
10
4
9
15
30
15
97
Percent
14.43%
10.31%
4.12%
9.28%
15.46%
30.93%
15.46%
100%
Q.24.Which of the following have you accomplished in past year? (check all that apply)
Submitted a paper to a peer reviewed journal
Published a paper in a peer reviewed journal
Published a paper in a professional, trade or popular publication
Work cited in professional, trade or popular publication
Presented a paper or poster at a conference
Attended a conference
Other (Please Specify)
Total
Q.25.As a Lecturer at NJIT, how many hours per week, on average per class, were you EXPECTED to spend advising students outside of class, either faceto-face or online?
Total Responses
Percent
None
6
9.09%
1
5
7.58%
2
6
9.09%
3
14
21.21%
4
7
10.61%
5 or more
9
13.64%
Don't know
19
28.79%
Total
66
100%
Q.26.As a Lecturer at NJIT, how many hours per week, on average per class, DID you spend advising students outside of class?
Total Responses
None
2
1
11
2
18
3
10
4
9
5 or more
16
Total
66
Percent
3.03%
16.67%
27.27%
15.15%
13.64%
24.24%
100%
Q.27.As a Lecturer at NJIT, how many hours per week do you devote to departmental committees and other service or administrative work?
Total Responses
None
14
1-5 hours
40
6-10 hours
8
11 or more
3
Total
65
Percent
21.54%
61.54%
12.31%
4.62%
100%
Q.28.During the time you have taught as a Lecturer at NJIT, has your salary been adjusted? (check all that apply)
Total
Total Responses
20
18
7
37
82
Percent
24.39%
21.95%
8.54%
45.12%
100%
Total
Total Responses
0
5
19
26
15
65
Percent
0%
7.69%
29.23%
40%
23.08%
100%
No
Yes, on promotion from Special Lecturer to University Lecturer or Senior University Lecturer
Yes, on promotion from University Lecturer to Senior University Lecturer
Yes, merit or performance-based salary increase
Q.29.Considering all aspects of working as a Lecturer at NJIT, please rate your experience here:
Very dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Okay
Satisfied
Very satisfied
Q. 30 Thank you for completing this survey! Please use this space to comment on any other aspects of your teaching experience at NJIT that you want to
bring to our attention. All responses will be kept confidential as to the individual participant.
Total Responses
Percent
26
-