Worst Aspects

Faculty were asked to identify the two (and only two) worst aspects of working at your institution. The top four responses for your institution are shown in red and disaggregated by tenure status, rank, gender, and race. The columns labeled Peer show the total number of times an item appeared as a top four item amongst any of your five peer institutions. The All column reflects the number of times an item appeared in the top four at any of the institutions in your comparable cohort. When a worst aspect at your institution is also shown as a worst aspect for your peers and/or the cohort, the issue may be seen as common in the faculty labor market. More attention should be paid to the worst aspects that are unique to your institution. These distinctions cast the institution in a negative light.
* For help understanding this visualization, see video tutorial on Best/Worst Aspects.
 
Overall
Tenured
Pre-Tenure
Full Prof
Associate Prof
Men
Women
White
Faculty of Color
Asian
URM
 
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
you
peers
all
(27)
Quality of colleagues
0%
0
0
0%
0
1
0%
1
4
N<5
0
2
0%
0
1
0%
0
2
0%
0
2
0%
0
0
0%
1
3
0%
0
2
0%
1
3
Support of colleagues
0%
0
1
0%
0
1
0%
1
1
N<5
0
0
0%
0
3
0%
0
0
0%
0
1
0%
0
1
0%
0
2
0%
0
1
0%
1
3
Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues
0%
0
0
0%
1
1
0%
0
2
N<5
1
2
0%
1
1
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
1
1
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
Quality of graduate students
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
N<5
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
Quality of undergraduate students
11%
2
10
14%
3
13
12%
2
10
N<5
4
14
0%
0
9
15%
4
17
8%
0
6
10%
1
9
11%
1
10
17%
0
7
8%
2
8
Quality of facilities
42%
3
14
43%
2
13
50%
3
16
N<5
0
9
67%
2
10
15%
4
17
56%
3
14
40%
3
14
44%
2
12
67%
1
6
33%
2
11
Compensation
11%
4
19
0%
4
17
8%
4
17
N<5
3
16
0%
3
15
15%
4
16
8%
4
19
0%
4
20
22%
4
10
0%
1
5
33%
3
11
Lack of support for research/creative work
8%
1
4
0%
0
3
12%
3
12
N<5
3
11
0%
0
8
8%
1
4
8%
1
7
5%
1
6
11%
2
6
33%
0
8
0%
1
4
Lack of support for teaching
5%
1
2
0%
1
3
8%
1
1
N<5
2
6
0%
1
1
0%
0
2
8%
1
4
5%
1
2
6%
0
1
17%
0
1
0%
1
2
Lack of support for professional development
0%
1
3
0%
1
4
0%
2
5
N<5
2
5
0%
2
5
0%
3
4
0%
1
3
0%
1
3
0%
3
6
0%
1
1
0%
3
5
Lack of assistance for grant proposals
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
N<5
0
0
0%
0
1
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
2
0%
0
0
Childcare policies
3%
0
1
0%
0
1
4%
0
2
N<5
0
0
0%
0
2
8%
0
0
0%
0
2
5%
0
0
0%
1
1
0%
0
1
0%
2
2
Spousal/partner hiring program
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
N<5
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
Lack of diversity
3%
0
3
0%
0
2
0%
1
5
N<5
2
5
0%
0
3
0%
0
3
4%
0
1
0%
0
2
6%
2
9
0%
0
3
8%
3
10
Absence of others like me
3%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
1
N<5
0
0
0%
0
2
0%
0
0
4%
0
0
0%
0
0
6%
1
5
0%
0
3
8%
1
5
My sense of "fit" here
3%
0
0
0%
0
1
0%
2
3
N<5
0
0
0%
0
1
0%
0
0
4%
0
0
0%
0
0
6%
1
2
0%
1
2
8%
0
1
Geographic location
0%
0
0
0%
0
1
0%
0
4
N<5
0
0
0%
0
2
0%
0
1
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
1
1
Commute
3%
0
5
0%
0
8
4%
1
8
N<5
1
9
17%
0
4
0%
1
6
4%
0
6
5%
0
5
0%
1
4
0%
0
5
0%
3
6
Cost of living
11%
0
5
14%
0
2
8%
1
9
N<5
0
1
0%
2
4
8%
1
9
12%
0
2
5%
0
7
17%
0
5
17%
0
4
17%
0
4
Too much service/too many assignments
34%
4
17
43%
4
16
38%
3
14
N<5
3
14
33%
4
16
23%
4
13
40%
4
19
40%
4
16
28%
2
8
17%
0
5
33%
2
8
Teaching load
11%
2
13
14%
2
12
8%
2
14
N<5
2
11
17%
2
13
15%
2
11
8%
3
16
10%
2
12
11%
1
11
0%
0
6
17%
0
10
Unrelenting pressure to perform
3%
1
2
0%
1
1
4%
3
5
N<5
1
2
0%
1
2
0%
0
1
4%
1
3
0%
1
2
6%
1
1
17%
1
2
0%
1
1
Academic freedom
3%
0
0
0%
0
0
4%
0
0
N<5
0
0
0%
0
0
0%
0
0
4%
0
0
5%
0
0
0%
0
1
0%
0
0
0%
0
1
Tenure/promotion clarity or requirements
0%
0
3
0%
0
4
0%
1
5
N<5
0
1
0%
1
3
0%
1
7
0%
0
3
0%
0
5
0%
1
3
0%
0
0
0%
1
4
Quality of leadership
11%
3
12
0%
2
13
15%
2
6
N<5
4
17
0%
2
10
8%
1
13
12%
3
15
20%
3
11
0%
1
6
0%
0
1
0%
1
6
There are no positive aspects
0%
0
4
0%
0
5
0%
1
8
N<5
0
4
0%
1
3
0%
0
4
0%
0
6
0%
0
4
0%
0
4
0%
0
3
0%
2
5
Decline to answer
11%
0
1
14%
1
3
8%
2
4
N<5
1
4
17%
0
2
31%
1
4
0%
0
1
10%
0
0
11%
2
6
0%
0
2
17%
1
4

Comments

For the question, "Please check the two (and only two) worst aspects about working at your institution", survey participants responding "Other" were asked to specify. Below are their open-text responses:
  • Decline to answer
  • No building/no office
  • Inequitable practices related to reappointment, promotion, and tenure
  • Lack of general space
  • Lack of true recognition
  • Dean turnover/not a united front
  • Class size