American University Staff Council

2007 Staff Climate Survey

Conducted via surveymonkey.com

Table of Contents

• Survey Questions and Responses
• 1. Are you an AU staff member?
• 2. Prior to this survey, were you aware of Staff Council?
• 3. Please rank your top five staff-related issues on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most important to you.
• 4. Where do you work?
• 5. Would you like to be entered into the prize drawing?
• Analysis of Survey Data
• By Highest Response Count (Only) in Column One
• By Highest Response Count (Only) in Each Column, Across all Columns
• By Lowest "Rating Average" (Only)
• By Highest "Response Count" (Only)
• Rankings of Issues at #1 and Top 5%
• Major Categories with Sub-categories from Open-Ended Comments
• Staff Demographics
• Staff By Position Type and Full-time/Part-time Status - AY 2006-2007
• AU Staff by Division - AY 2006-2007

This preliminary report has been generated by Aaron Tobler, atobler@american.edu, on October 30, 2007, at 10:00am.

Survey Questions and Responses

1. Are you an AU staff member?

2. Prior to this survey, were you aware of Staff Council?

3. Please rank your top five staff-related issues on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most important to you. (Please note: each selection is a broad category; once the results are tabulated, the Staff Council will work with its constituents on specific issues and solutions desired.)

Identified Issues

Redacted due to confidentiality concerns.

4. Where do you work?

Specified Sites

(On public document, locations will be redacted due to their specificity.)

• Ward Bldg (Public document: "On campus")
• SIS Student (Public document: "On campus")
• ALL OF THE ABOVE (Public document: "On campus")
• Main campus (Public document: "On campus")
• I work at both the main and WCL campuses (Public document: "On campus")
• U.S. Postal Service Headquarters: Health Promotion Program (Public document: "Off campus")
• Wilson Senior HS (Public document: "Off campus")
• Off campus part-time mentor (Public document: "Off campus")

5. Would you like to be entered into the prize drawing? If so, please enter your email address here. (Your name will not be shared in relation to your answers on this survey and is for prize notification purposes only).

Analysis of Survey Data

By Highest Response Count (Only) in Column One

1. Days off between Christmas and New Years (87)
2. TIE: Tuition Remission and Parking Issues (77)
4. Flex-Schedules/Flextime (59)
5. Health Care Issues (54)

By Highest Response Count (Only) in Each Column, Across all Columns

1. Days off between Christmas and New Years (87)
2. Days off between Christmas and New Years (85)
3. Days off between Christmas and New Years (76)
4. Days off between Christmas and New Years (68)
5. Transparency in Administrative Decision Making (55)

By Lowest "Rating Average" (Only)

1. 2.641833811 Days off between Christmas and New Years
2. 2.717948718 Parking Issues
3. 2.738970588 Tuition Remission
4. 2.780769231 Health Care Issues
5. 2.956375839 Flex-Schedules/ Flextime
6. 2.957627119 Maternity/ Paternity/ Adoption Leave
7. 3.096491228 PMP Evaluation
8. 3.152073733 Transparency in Administrative Decision Making
9. 3.466666667 Smoking Policy
10. 3.47706422 Extended Sick Leave Policies
11. 3.569230769 Carpool/ RideShare Program
12. 3.708333333 Speed Limit on Campus/Driving Safety on Campus

By Highest "Response Count" (Only)

1. Days off between Christmas and New Years (349)
2. Flex-Schedules/Flextime (298)
3. Parking Issues (273)
4. Tuition Remission (272)
5. Health Care Issues (260)
6. PMP Evaluation (228)
7. Transparency in Administrative Decision Making (217)
8. Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave (118)
9. Extended Sick Leave Policies (109)
10. Carpool/Ride Share Program (65)
11. Speed Limit on Campus/Driving Safety on Campus (48)
12. Smoking Policy (45)

Rankings of Issues at #1 and Top 5%¹

Major Categories with Sub-categories from Open-Ended Comments²

1. Benefits
1. Health Care (7)
2. Tuition Remission (2)
3. Retirement Plan (4)
4. Telecommuting (1)
5. Sabbaticals (3)
6. Flexible/Flex Scheduling (1)
7. Increase vacation/sick days (12)
8. Increase in pay/bonuses (11)
9. Include MetroChecks/SmartTrip Benefits (not just pre-taxed benefit) (4)
10. Retirement Planning (4)
11. General compensation (2)
2. Transportation
1. Shuttle Bus services (6)
2. Parking (6)
3. Administrative
1. General (16)
2. PMP (6)
4. Other
1. Safely (3)
2. Non main campus concerns (2)
3. Part-time staff concerns (4)
4. Extra-curricular activities (on and off campus) (5)
5. Adjuncts (2)

Notes:

• Many of the "Other" choice could actually fall under one of the "Broad Categories" already listed.
• Many of the "Other" choice had more than one comment.
• When some of the "Other" choice mentioned more than one comment there was a ranking.
• Most of the "Other" choice didn't mention any order of importance to the comment(s) listed.

Staff Demographics

Staff By Position Type and Full-time/Part-time Status - AY 2006-2007

Data includes staff actively on AU payroll as of fall 2006 official reporting period. Data includes some staff with faculty appointments such as University Librarians. Data excludes teaching faculty, undergraduate student workers, graduate assistants, and contracted employees not paid by AU. Source: As reported in the 06-07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Human Resources Report by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.

AU Staff by Division - AY 2006-2007

Data includes staff actively on AU payroll as of fall 2006 official reporting period. Data includes some staff with faculty appointments such as University Librarians. Data excludes teaching faculty, undergraduate student workers, graduate assistants, and contracted employees not paid by AU. Source: Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Notes

¹ Rebecca Davis prepared this section. Back

² James Helms prepared this section. Back