Professional Goals Noted as Very Important or Essential

be a good teacher

97.2%

96.2%

97.1%

engage in research

87.0%

91.2%

94.3%

be a good colleague

82.4%

80.3%

83.9%

engage in outside activities

44.6%

41.2%

51.0%

provide services to the cmty

29.1%

23.1%

24.8%

participate in comm/admin work

16.7%

14.1%

15.5%

Reasons Noted as Very Important for Pursuing an Academic Career

intellectual challenge

93.1%

94.8%

96.6%

intellectual freedom

87.0%

87.8%

92.3%

freedom to pursue interests

87.8%

88.7%

87.3%

opportunities for research

74.5%

81.5%

85.8%

autonomy

79.1%

80.4%

78.0%

flexible schedule

64.3%

61.0%

60.2%

opportunities for teaching

54.7%

46.3%

47.1%

prestige & status

23.7%

24.9%

30.1%

oppty to influence social change

17.2%

12.9%

14.8%

expected of me after grad school

3.9%

3.4%

2.8%

no other oppties given training

3.9%

2.9%

1.3%

Amount of Stress Experienced Over the Last Two Years

extreme

31.9%

30.1%

36.2%

moderate

56.2%

56.6%

54.0%

little

11.9%

13.2%

9.8%

Aspects of Job Noted as Very Satisfactory or Satisfactory

autonomy and independence

92.4%

95.4%

96.0%

quality of students

77.6%

75.2%

92.3%

competency of colleagues

82.9%

84.9%

91.4%

opportunity to develop new ideas

86.2%

88.0%

89.8%

graduate course assignments

88.1%

89.9%

88.2%

overall job satisfaction

81.6%

83.1%

87.3%

undergraduate course assignments

87.5%

87.0%

86.4%

visibility for jobs

71.9%

72.9%

86.0%

teaching load

80.4%

81.0%

85.4%

oppty for scholarly pursuits

76.9%

80.6%

85.1%

working conditions

82.1%

83.1%

82.5%

job security

79.5%

82.5%

79.4%

professional relations w/faculty

72.3%

74.6%

76.6%

salary and fringe benefits

58.8%

62.8%

73.0%

relationships with admin

55.6%

55.2%

68.6%

social relations w/faculty

56.8%

57.1%

54.8%