Campus Climate Survey - Qualitative Analysis of Comments
Three groups consisting of Full - Time Faculty, Part - Time Faculty and University Staff were surveyed. The responses to open ended questions on the surveys were reviewed by members of the survey team (Dr. Kevin Ball, Ms. Becky Geltz, Ms. Joy Polkabla Byers and Dr. Sal Sanders) and common themes were identified.
The open response items from the surveys for full - time and part - time faculty and staff were:
- Please share any additional concerns regarding campus climate and/or elaborate on your responses to survey questions.
- What are YSU’s biggest challenges? What suggestions do you have to address these challenges?
- Are there factors preventing you from doing your job at YSU? If yes, please list and provide suggestions for how they can be addressed.
- In addition to the above items, staff surveys included an item requesting that they explain why faculty development opportunities were not offered to them if that was the case.
The comments were then coded into identified themes. More than 100 themes were identified. Some sub-themes were aggregated. Themes into which only a single item was coded were then recoded into the miscellaneous theme during the final analysis. This process resulted in 101 themes into which comments were coded. Table 1 indicates the number of items coded into each theme across all employee groups (full-time faculty, part-time faculty and staff). Table 2 indicates the top ten themes among full-time faculty members. Table 3 indicates the top ten themes among part-time faculty members. Table 4 indicates the top ten themes among staff.
Table 1: Overall Summary of Themes - Coding for all employee groups
| Theme | Number of Coding References |
|---|---|
| University Administration Aggregate | 124 |
| Facilities Aggregate | 102 |
| Leadership Aggregate | 98 |
| Communication Aggregate | 90 |
| Perceived Value Aggregate | 85 |
| Workload | 79 |
| Compensation Aggregate | 78 |
| Resources - Lack of sufficient resources | 75 |
| Morale Aggregate | 74 |
| Staff and Staffing Aggregate | 71 |
| Enrollment Aggregate | 63 |
| Miscellaneous | 63 |
| Technology Aggregate | 57 |
| Budget | 49 |
| Support Aggregate | 44 |
| Student Aggregate | 38 |
| Academics Vs Athletics | 37 |
| Procedures, Regulations – Negative | 33 |
| Recruitment Aggregate | 33 |
| University - Perception of | 29 |
| Collegiality | 28 |
| Unions | 25 |
| Transparency | 24 |
| Ethical and Legal Potential | 23 |
| Work Environment | 22 |
| Academic Integrity | 20 |
| Organizational Structure | 20 |
| Orientation and Training Aggregate | 20 |
| Resource Allocation | 20 |
| Strategic Planning | 20 |
| Fairness, Equity | 19 |
| Student Preparedness | 19 |
| Safety | 18 |
| Accountability | 17 |
| Supervisor | 17 |
| Board of Trustees – Judgment | 16 |
| Respect | 14 |
| Marketing | 13 |
| Perceived Mistreatment | 13 |
| Cost savings, Cut backs, Spending | 12 |
| Human Resource | 12 |
| Increasing Demands | 12 |
| YSU OEA Negotiations | 12 |
| Community Perception | 11 |
| Mentoring | 11 |
| Promotion and Advancement | 11 |
| Time | 11 |
| Change | 10 |
| Good Place to Work | 10 |
| Benefits | 9 |
| Cyberlearning - Courses Programs | 9 |
| Hiring Practices | 9 |
| Mission | 9 |
| Quality | 9 |
| Retention | 9 |
| Teamwork | 9 |
| Viability of the University | 9 |
| Admissions | 8 |
| Diversity | 8 |
| Faculty - FT PT Mix | 8 |
| Trust | 8 |
| Need | 7 |
| Qualifications | 7 |
| Faculty Performance | 6 |
| New Employee | 6 |
| No Obstacles to Doing Job Well | 6 |
| Student Success Aggregate | 6 |
| Bureaucracy | 5 |
| Customer Service | 5 |
| Employee Type | 5 |
| Engagement | 5 |
| Faculty and Administration Relations Tense | 5 |
| Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs | 5 |
| Recognition and Rewards | 5 |
| Athletics | 4 |
| Computer Center, Computer Services, IT | 4 |
| Enforcement of Policy Contract | 4 |
| Infrastructure | 4 |
| Politics | 4 |
| Stress | 4 |
| Computer or Technology as a Roadblock | 3 |
| Culture | 3 |
| Lack of Recognition, Rewards | 3 |
| Negotiations | 3 |
| Poor Place to Work | 3 |
| Predecessor | 3 |
| Tenure and Promotion | 3 |
| Apathy | 2 |
| Class Size | 2 |
| Course Offerings | 2 |
| Course Offerings - Poor Decision Making | 2 |
| Course Program Development | 2 |
| Decision Making | 2 |
| Destination University Aggregate | 2 |
| Evaluation | 2 |
| Faculty and Administration Relations – Positive | 2 |
| General Education | 2 |
| Graduation Rates | 2 |
| Grounds | 2 |
| Low Cost Education – Perception | 2 |
| Supervision | 2 |
Table 2: Full-Time Faculty: Top Ten Themes (11 Including Miscellaneous)
| Theme | Number of Coding References |
|---|---|
| Facilities Aggregate | 55 |
| Workload | 51 |
| Resources - Lack of sufficient resources | 41 |
| Miscellaneous | 37 |
| University Administration Aggregate | 34 |
| Academics Vs Athletics | 31 |
| Perceived Value Aggregate | 22 |
| Recruitment Faculty/Student Aggregate | 21 |
| Resource allocation | 17 |
| Strategic Planning | 17 |
| Procedures, Regulations - Negative | 16 |
Table 3: Part-Time Faculty - Top Ten Themes
| Theme | Number of Coding References |
|---|---|
| Compensation Aggregate | 43 |
| Perceived Value Aggregate | 32 |
| Facilities Aggregate | 21 |
| Enrollment Aggregate | 14 |
| Student Aggregate | 10 |
| University Administration Aggregate | 9 |
| Student Preparedness | 9 |
| Morale\Morale - Negative | 9 |
| Communication Aggregate | 8 |
| Support Aggregate | 7 |
Table 4: Staff - Top Ten Themes
| Theme | Number of Coding References |
|---|---|
| Leadership Aggregate | 83 |
| University Administration Aggregate | 81 |
| Staff and Staffing Aggregate | 71 |
| Communication Aggregate | 69 |
| Budget | 49 |
| Morale Aggregate | 49 |
| Technology Aggregate | 40 |
| Enrollment Aggregate | 34 |
| Perceived Value Aggregate | 31 |
| Resources - Lack of sufficient resources | 31 |