Administration Evaluation

Dean, Rackham Graduate School, Michael Solomon

combined report for all faculty

Senate faculty only

non-senate faculty only

combined report for all faculty

		SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	NA	AY2019/20 median	AY2018/19 median	AY2017/18 median
Teaching
Q1	The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our teaching mission.	59	126	51	54	28	54	44	3.71
Q2	The number of graduate student positions made available to my department is sufficient for our teaching needs.	36	114	60	61	29	68	49	3.50
Q3	Classroom resources in my department are sufficient for our teaching mission.	63	148	48	42	23	55	40	3.83
Q4	My dean actively promotes an environment for teaching excellence.	77	107	54	19	19	114	29	3.93
Research
Q5	The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our research mission.	61	126	54	38	27	56	46	3.77
Q6	The research space for my department is adequate to support our research mission.	56	116	45	54	30	57	48	3.69
Q7	The college/school provides adequate cost-sharing to support faculty research activities.	41	90	54	50	34	98	44	3.44
Q8	My college/school provides excellent support for research grant submission and management.	69	110	47	32	23	78	50	3.85
Q9	My dean actively promotes an environment for scholarly excellence.	85	106	42	26	21	93	30	3.98
Environment
Q10	My dean consults the faculty adequately before making important decisions.	38	55	57	58	41	143	18	2.95
Q11	My dean promotes a collegial environment.	75	106	48	16	17	130	16	3.97
Q12	My dean employs fair procedures for resolving faculty grievances.	36	40	32	15	14	242	28	3.69
Q13	I am satisfied with the transparency of my school or college's administrative policies.	38	89	52	52	41	116	18	3.33
Q14	I am satisfied with the implementation of my school or college's administrative policies.	38	92	67	43	26	126	17	3.46
Q15	My dean employs too few support staff for the administrative needs of the school or college.	14	16	63	80	62	155	18	2.19
Q16	My dean appoints too few administrators for the needs of the school or college.	14	14	61	78	81	146	17	2.05
Q17	My dean supports and implements the Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional and Academic Unit Governance at the University of Michigan, Second Edition	38	69	54	11	8	201	19	3.75
Q18	My dean should increase efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion across the college or school.	84	95	72	32	30	85	12	3.74
Q19	I have confidence in my dean's leadership overall.	79	119	67	31	17	90	9	3.85
Q20	My dean has involved faculty in planning decisions for my college (school) during the pandemic.	41	48	38	56	47	166	21	2.82
Q21	My dean has involved faculty in budget decisions for my college (school) during the pandemic.	31	23	33	66	54	180	26	2.25
Q22	Lab-based research in my college (school) was ramped down in an orderly way in response to the pandemic.	44	83	23	29	21	156	55	3.83
Associate Deans
Q23	The performance of the Associate Dean, Social Sciences, Rita Chin is fully satisfactory.	39	34	27	3	4	271	27	4.07
Q24	The performance of the Associate Dean, Biological and Health Sciences, Anna Mapp is fully satisfactory.	37	35	26	6	3	272	27	4.03
Q25	The performance of the Associate Dean, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Lutgarde Raskin is fully satisfactory.	35	26	30	7	2	282	28	3.92
Q26	The performance of the Associate Dean, Humanities and the Arts, Arthur Verhoogt is fully satisfactory.	48	41	27	1	3	253	29	4.21	4.00	3.85
Q27	The performance of the Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Initiatives for University of Michigan Dearborn, Brahim Medjahed is fully satisfactory.	22	9	21	1	1	310	36	3.94

Response rate: 8% Responded 441 Eligible 5405 (3756 Senate, 1649 non-Senate)

University Senate faculty

		SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	NA	AY2019/20 median	AY2018/19 median	AY2017/18 median
Teaching
Q1	The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our teaching mission.	47	107	46	47	26	34	40	3.66
Q2	The number of graduate student positions made available to my department is sufficient for our teaching needs.	29	98	58	57	27	40	39	3.37
Q3	Classroom resources in my department are sufficient for our teaching mission.	50	127	41	38	18	38	37	3.81
Q4	My dean actively promotes an environment for teaching excellence.	65	90	47	18	16	87	26	3.91
Research
Q5	The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our research mission.	48	114	53	35	27	28	34	3.71
Q6	The research space for my department is adequate to support our research mission.	44	105	43	53	27	29	37	3.62
Q7	The college/school provides adequate cost-sharing to support faculty research activities.	32	79	52	48	29	67	35	3.33
Q8	My college/school provides excellent support for research grant submission and management.	57	100	44	31	19	48	41	3.81
Q9	My dean actively promotes an environment for scholarly excellence.	71	93	38	26	18	63	24	3.94
Environment
Q10	My dean consults the faculty adequately before making important decisions.	33	45	53	53	37	105	14	2.89
Q11	My dean promotes a collegial environment.	68	91	43	15	15	95	12	3.97
Q12	My dean employs fair procedures for resolving faculty grievances.	30	29	29	15	12	199	24	3.55
Q13	I am satisfied with the transparency of my school or college's administrative policies.	31	78	44	49	34	86	14	3.30
Q14	I am satisfied with the implementation of my school or college's administrative policies.	31	81	58	39	21	96	13	3.45
Q15	My dean employs too few support staff for the administrative needs of the school or college.	11	10	57	73	58	115	14	2.14
Q16	My dean appoints too few administrators for the needs of the school or college.	11	10	54	71	73	109	13	2.01
Q17	My dean supports and implements the Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional and Academic Unit Governance at the University of Michigan, Second Edition	32	56	49	10	7	162	15	3.70
Q18	My dean should increase efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion across the college or school.	72	82	65	28	28	59	8	3.70
Q19	I have confidence in my dean's leadership overall.	70	101	59	30	15	64	5	3.83
Q20	My dean has involved faculty in planning decisions for my college (school) during the pandemic.	33	42	33	51	41	130	16	2.74
Q21	My dean has involved faculty in budget decisions for my college (school) during the pandemic.	24	18	31	62	48	140	21	2.20
Q22	Lab-based research in my college (school) was ramped down in an orderly way in response to the pandemic.	37	75	21	27	20	115	46	3.79
Associate Deans
Q23	The performance of the Associate Dean, Social Sciences, Rita Chin is fully satisfactory.	32	29	23	3	4	223	21	4.03
Q24	The performance of the Associate Dean, Biological and Health Sciences, Anna Mapp is fully satisfactory.	33	31	22	6	3	220	21	4.03
Q25	The performance of the Associate Dean, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Lutgarde Raskin is fully satisfactory.	29	23	26	7	2	231	22	3.87
Q26	The performance of the Associate Dean, Humanities and the Arts, Arthur Verhoogt is fully satisfactory.	38	33	23	1	2	212	24	4.18	4.02	3.93
Q27	The performance of the Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Initiatives for University of Michigan Dearborn, Brahim Medjahed is fully satisfactory.	18	7	16	1	1	257	30	4.00

Response rate: 10% Responded 367 Eligible 3756

non-senate faculty

		SA	A	N	D	SD	NBJ	NA	AY2019/20 median	AY2018/19 median	AY2017/18 median
Teaching
Q1	The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our teaching mission.	12	19	5	7	2	20	4	3.95
Q2	The number of graduate student positions made available to my department is sufficient for our teaching needs.	7	16	2	4	2	28	10	3.97
Q3	Classroom resources in my department are sufficient for our teaching mission.	13	21	7	4	5	17	3	3.93
Q4	My dean actively promotes an environment for teaching excellence.	12	17	7	1	3	27	3	4.03
Research
Q5	The number of faculty in my department is sufficient to support our research mission.	13	12	1	3	0	28	12	4.38
Q6	The research space for my department is adequate to support our research mission.	12	11	2	1	3	28	11	4.27
Q7	The college/school provides adequate cost-sharing to support faculty research activities.	9	11	2	2	5	31	9	4.00
Q8	My college/school provides excellent support for research grant submission and management.	12	10	3	1	4	30	9	4.20
Q9	My dean actively promotes an environment for scholarly excellence.	14	13	4	0	3	30	6	4.27
Environment
Q10	My dean consults the faculty adequately before making important decisions.	5	10	4	5	4	38	4	3.60
Q11	My dean promotes a collegial environment.	7	15	5	1	2	35	4	3.97
Q12	My dean employs fair procedures for resolving faculty grievances.	6	11	3	0	2	43	4	4.05
Q13	I am satisfied with the transparency of my school or college's administrative policies.	7	11	8	3	7	30	4	3.50
Q14	I am satisfied with the implementation of my school or college's administrative policies.	7	11	9	4	5	30	4	3.50
Q15	My dean employs too few support staff for the administrative needs of the school or college.	3	6	6	7	4	40	4	2.83
Q16	My dean appoints too few administrators for the needs of the school or college.	3	4	7	7	8	37	4	2.43
Q17	My dean supports and implements the Principles of Faculty Involvement in Institutional and Academic Unit Governance at the University of Michigan, Second Edition	6	13	5	1	1	39	4	3.96
Q18	My dean should increase efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion across the college or school.	12	13	7	4	2	26	4	3.96
Q19	I have confidence in my dean's leadership overall.	9	18	8	1	2	26	4	3.94
Q20	My dean has involved faculty in planning decisions for my college (school) during the pandemic.	8	6	5	5	6	36	5	3.30
Q21	My dean has involved faculty in budget decisions for my college (school) during the pandemic.	7	5	2	4	6	40	5	3.50
Q22	Lab-based research in my college (school) was ramped down in an orderly way in response to the pandemic.	7	8	2	2	1	41	9	4.12
Associate Deans
Q23	The performance of the Associate Dean, Social Sciences, Rita Chin is fully satisfactory.	7	5	4	0	0	48	6	4.30
Q24	The performance of the Associate Dean, Biological and Health Sciences, Anna Mapp is fully satisfactory.	4	4	4	0	0	52	6	4.00
Q25	The performance of the Associate Dean, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Lutgarde Raskin is fully satisfactory.	6	3	4	0	0	51	6	4.33
Q26	The performance of the Associate Dean, Humanities and the Arts, Arthur Verhoogt is fully satisfactory.	10	8	4	0	1	41	5	4.31	3.88	3.38
Q27	The performance of the Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Initiatives for University of Michigan Dearborn, Brahim Medjahed is fully satisfactory.	4	2	5	0	0	53	6	3.75

Response rate: 4% Responded 74 Eligible 1649

Notes on reporting

Back to AY2019/2020 results

Back to AEC home