North Dakota University System - Higher Education Research Institute
North Dakota University System - Higher Education Research Institute
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• Time pressures created the greatest stress for faculty, followed by lack of personal<br />
time, and institutional procedures and “red tape.” NDUS faculty at doctorategranting<br />
institutions also indicated the review and promotion process and the<br />
research and publishing demands as being highly stressful.<br />
• The number one goal <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> faculty had for their undergraduate students<br />
was to develop their ability to think clearly.<br />
Conclusions: <strong>North</strong> <strong>Dakota</strong> faculty were interested in and spent the majority of their time<br />
on teaching. They were teachers. Yet, while two-year faculty enjoyed being tenured and<br />
spending more time than their peers on teaching, faculty at doctorate institutions had to<br />
balance the additional pressure to publish. Moreover, they continued to devote the<br />
majority of their time to teaching. This took away from their research activity which, in<br />
turn, affected their ability to attain tenure. The high stress of this situation, coupled with<br />
the low salary and fringe benefits received, produced an overall lower job satisfaction for<br />
these faculty than for any of their peers at the state or national levels.<br />
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