Administration Evaluation

All Deans of units with traditional department structures

sorted by median for each question

Teaching

Q1: The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our teaching mission.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	7	2	0	3	1	2	4.57	4.39	4.21	4.12	4.08
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	7	16	3	2	1	0	4.03	4.07	4.00	3.00
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	35	67	18	22	6	30	3.92	3.94	3.76
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	6	6	2	5	2	0	3.75	3.50	3.00	3.33	3.88	3.50
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	33	41	23	19	14	7	3.72	3.60
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	4	12	5	7	6	7	3.30
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	8	6	5	9	3	1	3.20	3.74	3.14	3.55	3.00
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	34	82	46	67	43	16	3.07	3.38	3.30	3.16
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	10	19	12	23	21	2	2.43	2.15	1.85	2.94	3.75

Q2: The number of graduate student positions made available to my department is sufficient for our teaching needs.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	9	13	3	2	0	2	4.15	4.00	3.90	4.00
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	7	9	2	3	3	7	3.94	3.92	3.40	3.57	3.50
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	6	6	3	3	2	1	3.83	4.12	3.50	2.25	2.00	2.14
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	16	29	15	30	6	80	3.30	3.00	2.78
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	22	91	49	57	28	41	3.29	3.41	3.26	3.43
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	1	2	8	2	8	63	2.56	2.58	2.94	2.00	3.00
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	13	25	25	37	23	14	2.56	2.42
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	2	4	9	12	5	8	2.42
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	1	0	2	3	2	7	2.17	2.40	3.50	3.75	2.38

Q3: Classroom resources in my department are sufficient for our teaching mission.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	7	7	3	2	1	0	4.07	4.00	3.33	3.38	3.17	3.50
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	10	11	3	7	0	1	4.00	4.20	4.05	4.11	4.15
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	6	3	2	2	2	0	4.00	4.10	4.00	3.70	3.88
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	11	12	8	5	1	4	3.88
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	21	33	15	10	9	0	3.80	3.80	3.77	3.74	4.05
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	47	124	48	42	16	9	3.76	3.81	3.65	3.67
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	20	47	32	17	9	52	3.60	3.70	3.69
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	23	39	25	29	18	4	3.30	3.40
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	2	8	6	7	6	0	2.75	2.75	3.00	2.17

Q4: My dean actively promotes an environment for teaching excellence.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	16	9	4	0	0	0	4.59	4.79	4.62	4.00
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	10	6	2	0	1	1	4.55	4.73	4.56	4.38	4.00	3.92
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	7	3	3	0	1	1	4.50	3.93	4.07	3.93	3.79
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	15	8	3	5	0	1	4.44	4.50	4.18	4.52	4.68
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	38	44	26	10	9	10	3.92	4.02
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	6	15	6	4	2	8	3.80
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	47	97	60	36	19	28	3.65	3.90	3.80	4.01
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	22	15	19	15	13	3	3.24	3.00	3.37	4.00	4.29
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	19	36	42	29	10	40	3.19	3.29	3.38

Research

Q5: The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our research mission.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	11	13	4	2	1	1	4.15	4.00	3.21	3.67	3.85
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	7	18	2	0	0	2	4.14	3.82	4.00	3.50
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	7	6	2	2	3	1	4.00	4.00	2.75	3.20	3.00	3.64
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	31	55	20	15	5	10	3.92	3.79
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	34	72	28	22	11	10	3.81	3.73	3.72
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	8	15	3	7	4	4	3.80
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	34	88	48	50	28	37	3.46	3.63	3.52	3.60
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	4	1	0	4	1	5	3.00	3.88	4.00	4.59	4.00
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	7	17	16	19	10	16	2.84	2.71	2.27	3.36	3.50

Q6: The research space for my department is adequate to support our research mission.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	5	1	0	2	1	6	4.60	4.00	4.25	4.65	3.75
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	19	23	11	10	5	19	3.85	3.58	3.67	3.55	3.86
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	8	15	8	4	3	3	3.77
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	5	5	3	2	4	2	3.60	3.08	2.25	2.20	2.12	2.29
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	27	57	28	31	22	12	3.53	3.60	3.55
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	41	82	49	48	23	43	3.52	3.64	3.64	3.51
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	7	6	5	6	2	3	3.50	3.61	3.50	3.75
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	7	7	9	3	2	4	3.50	3.65	3.28	3.25	3.64
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	11	34	23	41	19	9	2.67	2.98

Q7: The college/school provides adequate cost-sharing to support faculty research activities.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	8	14	0	1	0	6	4.25	4.21	4.19	4.00
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	4	2	2	1	1	5	4.00	3.33	4.12	4.29	3.00
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	7	3	4	2	2	3	3.83	3.88	3.25	2.88	3.17	3.19
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	7	6	9	2	4	4	3.39	3.86	2.85	3.06	3.93
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	4	13	9	9	2	4	3.33
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	22	27	29	18	15	23	3.28	3.24
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	27	60	56	53	24	64	3.09	3.39	3.56	3.36
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	18	43	31	27	33	25	3.02	2.53	2.39
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	12	9	16	16	9	23	2.88	2.47	2.79	2.91	3.64

Q8: My college/school provides excellent support for research grant submission and management.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	18	8	1	1	0	1	4.72	4.57
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	15	9	6	0	1	1	4.44	4.29
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	14	13	6	4	0	4	4.15
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	3	1	1	0	2	8	4.00	2.67
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	33	50	24	10	6	12	3.93	3.84
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	44	68	25	20	10	9	3.92	3.80
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	6	6	4	0	3	2	3.92	3.60
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	40	63	50	52	22	58	3.29	3.52
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	7	8	22	15	11	21	2.75	2.86

Q9: My dean actively promotes an environment for scholarly excellence.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	22	6	1	0	0	0	4.84	4.86	4.72	4.75
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	19	9	2	0	1	1	4.68	4.59	4.27	4.60	4.69
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	6	3	1	0	2	3	4.50	3.50	4.07	4.42	3.88
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	55	34	16	9	12	9	4.26	4.17
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	8	8	0	1	3	1	4.25	4.56	4.25	3.75	2.00	3.64
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	13	14	6	3	1	4	4.11
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	37	54	40	14	13	13	3.72	3.66	3.64
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	56	70	63	33	27	38	3.52	3.97	3.92	4.10
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	18	18	18	12	10	10	3.39	2.64	3.27	3.81	4.12

Environment

Q10: My dean consults the faculty adequately before making important decisions.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	20	5	2	1	0	1	4.80	4.83	4.57	4.75
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	5	5	3	0	2	0	4.00	2.88	2.30	4.00	3.75
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	9	10	4	2	5	2	3.90	4.09	3.74	4.21	4.09
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	8	12	8	4	2	7	3.75
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	5	7	4	0	5	0	3.71	3.92	4.00	3.50	2.50	3.56
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	19	42	19	20	18	14	3.55	3.59
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	12	14	16	11	27	8	2.62	2.00	2.65	3.61	4.50
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	16	52	51	63	58	48	2.48	2.96	2.74	3.00
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	7	16	42	42	36	32	2.35	2.38	2.71

Q11: My dean promotes a collegial environment.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	23	4	2	0	0	0	4.87	4.91	4.72	5.00
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	20	9	6	0	1	5	4.60
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	10	6	2	1	2	0	4.42	4.30	4.40	4.12	2.30	3.94
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	13	10	3	2	2	2	4.30	4.55	3.91	4.56	4.56
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	6	5	1	0	3	0	4.20	3.83	3.71	4.08	3.88
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	52	40	13	10	13	7	4.20	4.24
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	48	90	52	29	38	31	3.61	3.88	3.88	3.81
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	31	50	40	15	17	22	3.59	3.40	3.50
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	19	24	14	10	20	1	3.46	3.11	3.72	4.21	4.71

Q12: My dean employs fair procedures for resolving faculty grievances.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	16	3	0	1	0	9	4.88	4.92	4.70	4.00
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	10	5	2	0	0	4	4.65	4.57	4.57	4.67	4.50	3.75
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	10	6	4	0	3	9	4.25	4.57	3.93	4.33	4.71
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	3	3	0	0	2	7	4.17	4.00	2.33	4.38	3.50
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	8	6	5	0	2	20	4.08
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	30	23	11	11	6	55	4.04	4.07
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	15	24	25	10	13	88	3.32	3.34	3.38
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	11	15	10	5	19	26	3.10	2.77	3.61	4.17	4.75
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	25	27	29	20	32	155	3.00	3.33	3.35	3.54

Q13: I am satisfied with the transparency of my school or college's administrative policies.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	19	5	3	2	0	0	4.74	4.86	4.30	3.83
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	12	8	3	4	3	2	4.12	4.09	3.64	3.55	3.93
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	8	5	3	1	3	1	4.10	4.12	4.00	3.67	2.50	3.40
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	6	3	3	2	1	0	4.00	4.00	3.83	4.25	4.12
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	6	12	10	6	2	5	3.50
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	22	38	23	21	18	14	3.46	3.43
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	13	31	50	31	33	18	2.80	2.71	2.61
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	22	67	56	61	57	26	2.74	3.02	2.95	2.84
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	14	8	23	14	28	1	2.57	2.02	2.46	3.53	3.93

Q14: I am satisfied with the implementation of my school or college's administrative policies.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	18	6	3	0	1	1	4.72	4.83	4.21	3.83
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	12	7	6	1	5	1	4.00	3.75	3.60	3.44	3.92
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	5	5	3	0	2	0	4.00	4.12	3.50	4.07	3.88
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	7	6	1	3	3	1	4.00	4.12	4.00	3.83	2.00	3.30
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	6	17	8	4	2	4	3.76
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	23	40	28	15	13	16	3.59	3.63
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	12	41	53	28	23	17	3.02	3.10	2.99
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	23	63	73	47	41	37	2.99	3.16	3.12	2.96
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	13	9	22	13	23	5	2.68	2.39	2.33	3.57	3.93

Q15: My dean employs too few support staff for the administrative needs of the school or college.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	7	4	4	3	1	2	3.88	3.17	2.00	3.62	4.00	2.41
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	5	14	19	16	16	18	2.66	2.77	2.74	2.06	2.04
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	8	25	54	57	63	78	2.21	2.24	2.34	2.36
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	5	17	31	44	38	41	2.17	2.16	2.47
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	3	4	5	12	8	9	2.17
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	3	3	22	47	32	28	1.96	1.86
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	1	2	2	12	11	1	1.75	2.05	2.07	2.17
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	2	2	5	8	13	1	1.75	2.18	1.89	2.09	2.00
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	0	0	0	7	6	2	1.57	1.67	1.62	2.12	2.00

Q16: My dean appoints too few administrators for the needs of the school or college.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	6	3	4	4	2	2	3.38	2.50	1.92	2.79	3.25	2.59
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	2	0	8	16	7	8	2.09
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	2	2	7	9	11	1	2.00	2.15	1.74	2.12	1.46
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	1	4	14	25	25	15	1.88	2.12	1.93	1.57	1.91
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	3	5	30	48	52	37	1.85	1.77	1.95
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	2	2	17	49	37	26	1.84	1.88
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	4	14	43	65	91	67	1.77	1.93	1.88	2.14
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	0	0	1	8	5	1	1.75	1.83	1.50	2.17	1.88
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	1	0	2	11	14	1	1.50	1.95	1.86	2.00

Q17: My dean supports and implements the Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional and Academic Unit Governance at the University of Michigan, Second Edition

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	14	8	3	0	0	4	4.61	4.50	4.25	4.25
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	13	10	2	1	0	6	4.50	4.18	4.04	3.91
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	6	1	2	2	1	3	4.50	3.92	3.67	3.70
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	6	6	3	1	2	1	4.00	4.38	3.88	3.70
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	5	11	6	1	1	17	3.86
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	12	26	25	7	7	53	3.48	3.75
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	10	40	33	10	9	72	3.47	3.35	3.39
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	21	48	42	17	13	137	3.46	3.62	3.45	3.34
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	13	15	14	9	13	21	3.21	2.95	3.28	3.93

Q18: I have confidence in my dean's leadership overall.

Dean	Resp. rate	SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	AY2017/18 median	AY2016/17 median	AY2015/16 median	AY2014/15 median	AY2013/14 median	AY2012/13 median
James Dalton, College of Pharmacy	35%	23	6	0	0	0	0	4.87	4.89	4.62	4.50
Laura McCauley, School of Dentistry	25%	18	6	3	3	0	1	4.67	4.59	4.11	4.53	4.62
Tony England, College of Engineering and Computer Science	18%	9	5	1	0	4	0	4.40	4.60	4.56	4.25	3.00	3.50
Raju Balakrishnan, Dearborn College of Business	22%	7	5	1	1	2	0	4.30	4.00	4.17	4.12	4.20
Cathleen Connell, School of Public Health	17%	14	16	5	2	1	2	4.19
Alec Gallimore, College of Engineering	20%	46	43	21	11	11	3	4.03	4.28
Marschall Runge, Medical School	13%	22	56	53	14	21	7	3.41	3.25	3.51
Andrew Martin, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts	17%	54	74	62	44	40	13	3.35	3.80	3.77	3.57
Martin Hershock, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters	27%	22	15	16	9	25	0	3.09	2.64	3.50	3.94	4.67

Starting in 2017, counts on SA/A/N/D/SD/NBJ are not displayed if fewer than ten responses were received, due to confidentiality concerns.

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