Fully
89% of faculty agreed that their social contacts with other faculty
members in their unit are pleasant and 72% felt that they have as much
social contact with Purdue faculty members as they would like. Faculty
from the Libraries (100%), Technology (98%), and CFS (96%) were the
most likely to say that their social interaction with others in their
unit is pleasant. CFS faculty were also more likely than average to
report that they have as much social contact with faculty across the
campus as they would like (83%). On the other hand, Engineering (62%),
Libraries (64%), and Veterinary Medicine (64%) faculty were the least
likely to report that they have as much social contact across campus
as they would like.
Assistant
professors were the most likely to say their unit interactions are pleasant
(94% vs. 86% of associate and 88% of full professors) but the least
likely to say they have as much social contact with faculty members
across campus as they would like (69% vs. 75% of associate and 71% of
full professors). Females and males answered these questions in essentially
the same ways and responses varied by race only in the second instance.
Underrepresented minorities (59%) and Asian Americans (63%) were less
likely than Caucasians (72%) to report that they have as much social
contact with faculty members across the campus as they would like.
