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Volume 130, Number 1 |
July 14, 2009 |
Ed/Op
Staff Editorial
Survey results suggest needed
Posted 01-19-2005 at 8:10PM
The administration and the faculty need to get together and discuss the recent Chain of Command Satisfaction Survey. Although it is easy to see how some people criticized some of the methodologies used in the survey, it certainly indicated that a large part of the faculty is discontent with the current administration overall. Unfortunately, the portion of the results that was made public did niether include suggestions to the administration, nor did it cite specific problems. With one side rallying behind the survey and a second scorning or seeking to ignore the survey, it seems that the most reasonable action would be for both parties to meet and discuss ways to actually improve the satisfaction of the faculty.
The need for this meeting, or perhaps forum, becomes even more clear when one notes that three of the questions that scored the lowest in the survey dealt with communication, directly or indirectly. These questions dealt with the role faculty feel their input plays in formulating Institute policy, the “working relationship” between the faculty and administration, and the satisfaction the faculty had with communication between President Jackson and the faculty themselves. All three scored below one on a four point scale. Although the survey may not have been ideally constructed, the results did suggest that there are needs that have to be addressed.
The immediate response to the survey, however, seems to go in the exact opposite direction. The administration has come out and strongly criticized some of the methodologies and stated confidence in Jackson’s leadership; the Board of Trustees put out a strongly-worded resolution standing behind Jackson and The Rensselaer Plan directly following the public release of the survey. The Faculty Senate President disagrees with the administration’s questioning of the survey methodologies. It seems as if these results have only made the communication situation worse and have created a more divisive environment. Ignoring these issues will only lead to greater problems in the future. | |
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