Faculty Satisfaction

According to a new survey by TIAA-CREF, most full-time faculty members at four-year colleges like their jobs, Paula Wasley reports on The Chronicle’s Web site:

The company polled 300 full-time faculty members, who had each been employed for three or more years at a single four-year institution, about their views on their careers, work-life balance, and retirement expectations.

According to a report on the survey, “Do Great Minds Think Alike: Faculty Perspectives on Career and Retirement,” 53 percent of the respondents said they were very satisfied with their job, and 43 percent were somewhat satisfied. By comparison, a recent survey of American workers by Harris Interactive and the International Herald Tribune found that 42 percent of employees were very satisfied with their job and 38 percent somewhat satisfied.

Full-timers’ one major disappointment concerned their pay, Wasley writes: “Only 23 percent said they were very satisfied with their salaries, while a quarter said they were not too satisfied or not at all satisfied.”

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