2020 Thematic Overviews

Satisfaction with leave policies, especially parental leave, varies across schools.

Emory faculty report dissatisfaction with caretaking support.

Levels of satisfaction for HUGS faculty are lower than non-HUGS faculty across the board in these areas.

Emory stands in the top 30% of national comparison institutions and ranks above all five peer institutions.

In most of Emory’s schools and colleges, faculty indicated the highest levels of satisfaction with teaching.

Emory trails peers in (1) time protected for research for post-tenure faculty, (2) faculty opinions about support for maintaining grants (particularly post-award), and (3) faculty views about the number of student advisees they have and the equity of distribution of advising responsibilities.

Emory faculty overwhelmingly agree that tenure decisions are performance based, exceeding all five peers and far exceeding the national average.

Emory lags behind peers in reports of clarity of tenure expectations.

Overall, HUGS faculty disagree that expectations for promotion from associate to full professor are reasonable.

Leadership is an area of strength for Emory (top among peers and top 30% for the overall cohort).

For visible leadership in support of diversity, Emory scored in the top 30% among peers and the cohort for overall ratings.

HUGS faculty report less agreement with the statement that colleagues support diversity and inclusion.

Across every aspect of this area (trust, shared sense of purpose, understanding the issue at hand, adaptability, and productivity) Emory exceeds all five peer institutions and consistently ranks in the top 30% of institutions nationwide.

Faculty are most satisfied with a shared sense of responsibility.

Faculty are least satisfied with a regular review of the effectiveness of governance.

“Quality of colleagues” was highly rated as among the best things about working at Emory.

CRT faculty reported lower levels of departmental engagement.

HUGS faculty and those identifying as women report lower levels of satisfaction with a sense of belonging and the quality of personal and professional interactions.

At the aggregate level, Emory faculty report high levels of satisfaction with appreciation and recognition they receive at the university, leading among all peers.

HUGS faculty and those identifying as women in the School of Medicine report less satisfaction with recognition received from their department chairs.

Most faculty disagree that interdisciplinary work is rewarded in merit considerations.