
Would you like to participate and vote in department meetings?
Yes (8)
53%
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No (1)
7%
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I already do (4)
27%
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Are you crazy? No way! (2)
13%
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Total votes: 15
Would you like to participate in faculty governance?
Yes (4)
40%
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No (0)
0%
If I were paid for it (2)
20%
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What's faculty governance, anyway? (4)
40%
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Total votes: 10
How many years have you taught at your current college/university?
1-3 years (13)
76%
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4-7 years (2)
12%
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8-11 years (1)
6%
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12+ years (1)
6%
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Total votes: 17
When the opportunity arises, do you mentor your students?
Yes (92)
87%
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No (2)
2%
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I would, but haven't had the chance yet (12)
11%
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Total votes: 106
Have you ever refused to meet with a student because you didn't get paid for holding office hours?
Yes (17)
9%
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No (168)
91%
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Total votes: 185
What do you do with disruptive students?
Ignore them (2)
13%
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Talk to them (13)
81%
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Report them to my superior (1)
6%
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Retaliate in some way (0)
0%
Not a blessed thing (0)
0%
Total votes: 16
Have you ever bumped up a student's grade and regretted it?
Yes (21)
43%
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No (13)
27%
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Bump up a grade...are you crazy? (15)
31%
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Total votes: 49
If you're a Republican, who's your candidate?
Rudy Giuliani (9)
12%
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Mike Huckabee (10)
13%
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John McCain (32)
43%
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Ron Paul (8)
11%
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Mitt Romney (11)
15%
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Fred Thompson (5)
7%
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Total votes: 75
If you're a Democrat, who's your candidate?
Hillary Clinton (57)
57%
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John Edwards (4)
4%
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Dennis Kucinich (2)
2%
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Barak Obama (28)
28%
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Bill Richardson (1)
1%
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None of them (8)
8%
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Total votes: 100
Do you read blogs regularly?
Yes (6)
38%
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No (10)
63%
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What's a "blog?" (0)
0%
Total votes: 16
Are you teaching part-time because you want to?
Yes (10)
56%
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No (8)
44%
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Total votes: 18
Would you join a national adjunct faculty union?
Yes (47)
65%
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No (12)
17%
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I'm not sure (13)
18%
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Total votes: 72
Which do you enjoy more—teaching or scholarly research?
Teaching (39)
70%
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Research (9)
16%
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I can’t say—I enjoy them both equally (8)
14%
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Total votes: 56
How often do you read professional journals?
Once a year (23)
20%
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Once a month (36)
32%
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More than once a month (55)
48%
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Total votes: 114
Do colleges do enough to help students become employable after graduation?
Yes (7)
5%
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No (86)
67%
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Students should be responsible for making themselves employable (35)
27%
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Total votes: 128
Is the middle class disappearing?
Yes (79)
80%
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No (16)
16%
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I don’t care, because I’m not middle class (4)
4%
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Total votes: 99
As an undergraduate, how many hours a week did you spend working at a job?
< 5 (16)
19%
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5-10 (15)
18%
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10-20 (20)
24%
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20+ (33)
39%
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Total votes: 84
How important is it to you to teach at a university with a high rank or reputation?
Not important at all (31)
34%
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Somewhat important (33)
36%
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Very important (22)
24%
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Essential (5)
5%
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Total votes: 91
Would you prefer to teach online or face-to-face?
Online (209)
45%
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Face-to-Face (119)
26%
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Both (131)
28%
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I'm not sure (4)
1%
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Total votes: 463
In general, do you like your students?
Yes (78)
86%
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No (9)
10%
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I never thought about it (4)
4%
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Total votes: 91
Should public figures with radical political or social views be barred from speaking at commencement ceremonies?
Yes (58)
23%
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No (109)
43%
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Only if a majority of the student body votes to bar the speaker (89)
35%
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Total votes: 256
If you could live in another time period, which would it be?
Victorian era (8)
10%
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Renaissance (16)
21%
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Biblical times (1)
1%
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Now is fine, thank you (52)
68%
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Total votes: 77
Have you ever taken your school’s office supplies for personal use?
Yes (45)
39%
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No (49)
43%
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Not intentionally (21)
18%
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Total votes: 115
Is it ethical for faculty to sell extra or unused course books?
Yes (33)
40%
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No (43)
52%
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It might be, but I do it anyway (6)
7%
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Total votes: 82
How long does it take you to prepare for each class period you teach?
< 15 minues (32)
8%
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30 minutes (74)
18%
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1 hour + (294)
70%
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I don't prepare (18)
4%
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Total votes: 418
Do you favor mandatory “up and out” policies for part-time faculty?
Yes (13)
13%
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No (81)
80%
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Only if the "out" period is more than 3 years (7)
7%
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Total votes: 101
Do you trust the federal government more or less than you did 10 years ago?
More (2)
3%
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Less (56)
88%
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I'm not sure (6)
9%
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Total votes: 64
How long have you been searching for full-time teaching jobs?
< 1 year (33)
27%
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2-4 years (39)
32%
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5+ years (31)
25%
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I've given up (20)
16%
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Total votes: 123
How often do you apply for scholarly grants and awards?
Once a year (1)
3%
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Once every three years (2)
6%
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More than once a year (2)
6%
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Never (28)
85%
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Total votes: 33
How many hours of television do you watch each week?
<5 hours (49)
42%
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5-10 hours (45)
38%
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10+ hours (23)
20%
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Total votes: 117
Does your spouse or partner want you to quit part-time teaching?
Yes (27)
25%
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No (68)
64%
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We've never discussed it (12)
11%
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Total votes: 107
How much of your total income comes from part-time teaching?
<25% (69)
35%
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25-50% (37)
19%
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50-75% (28)
14%
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100% (63)
32%
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Total votes: 197
Should American college students be required to become fluent in a foreign language?
Yes (76)
57%
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No (19)
14%
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It should depend on their major (39)
29%
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Total votes: 134
Do you plan to be teaching five years from now?
Yes (294)
84%
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No (13)
4%
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I don't know (42)
12%
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Total votes: 349
How much do you owe in student loans?
$1,000- $5,000 (12)
8%
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$5,000-$10,000 (6)
4%
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$10,000+ (141)
89%
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Total votes: 159
If you could teach in any part of the U.S. where would it be?
North (10)
5%
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Northeast (43)
24%
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Northwest (11)
6%
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South (14)
8%
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Southeast (37)
20%
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Southwest (21)
12%
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Middle Atlantic (6)
3%
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Middle West (16)
9%
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West Coast (24)
13%
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Total votes: 182
Do you favor the deportation of illegal immigrants?
Yes (87)
60%
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No (48)
33%
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I can't decide (9)
6%
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Total votes: 144
How much money do you save each month?
< $100 (60)
44%
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> $100 (19)
14%
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>$200 (18)
13%
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$300+ (40)
29%
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Total votes: 137
Should colleges abolish letter grades?
Yes (23)
18%
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No (104)
80%
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I can't decide (3)
2%
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Total votes: 130
How many hours of leisure time do you have each day?
4+ (19)
18%
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2-4 (26)
25%
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1/2-2 (23)
22%
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Leisure time? What's that? (36)
35%
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Total votes: 104
Is it possible for professors to instill in their students values such as honesty and altruism?
Yes (262)
76%
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No (63)
18%
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Why bother? (20)
6%
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Total votes: 345
How often do you read a newspaper, either online or in print?
Never (8)
7%
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Between 1-3 times a week (45)
37%
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Every day (69)
57%
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Total votes: 122
Would you support an academic bill of rights on your campus?
Yes (43)
56%
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No (13)
17%
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Our faculty is already politically diverse (7)
9%
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Who cares? (14)
18%
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Total votes: 77
When students don’t succeed in your class, do you consider yourself responsible?
Yes (54)
37%
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No (92)
63%
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Total votes: 146
How often do you advise students outside of class?
Once a week (42)
49%
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1-3 times per semester (19)
22%
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Rarely (25)
29%
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Total votes: 86
Do your students ever swear in class?
Frequently (16)
9%
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Sometimes (98)
57%
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Never (57)
33%
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Total votes: 171
Have you ever felt physically threatened by a student?
Yes (59)
36%
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No (107)
64%
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Total votes: 166
Have you ever surfed RateMyProfessors.com to see what your students are saying about you?
Yes (94)
71%
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No (21)
16%
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What’s RateMyProfessors.com? (17)
13%
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Total votes: 132
Do you ever have sexual fantasies about your students?
Yes (51)
35%
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No (66)
46%
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Never thought about it (28)
19%
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Total votes: 145
Over the last few years, has the job market in your discipline improved?
Yes (25)
23%
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No (68)
62%
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I don't know (16)
15%
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Total votes: 109
Do you allow your students to snack in class?
Yes (79)
73%
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No (22)
20%
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Only if it's something tasty and they share with me (7)
6%
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Total votes: 108
Should adjunct professors be allowed to date their students?
Yes (26)
12%
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No (96)
46%
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Yes, but only former students (87)
42%
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Total votes: 209
If you could earn $100,000 a year by teaching 20 courses per semester online, would you do it?
No, because the workload would overwhelm me (70)
32%
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No, because my teaching would deteriorate (41)
19%
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Yes (82)
38%
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Maybe (24)
11%
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Total votes: 217
Do you feel that complaints against part-time faculty are handled fairly at your school(s)?
Yes, all the time (5)
6%
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Most of the time (26)
30%
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Sometimes (29)
33%
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Never (28)
32%
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Total votes: 88
Would you risk your job to help organize an adjunct union at your school(s)?
Yes (34)
30%
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No (38)
33%
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Maybe, if I felt the union had a good chance of succeeding (42)
37%
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Total votes: 114
What do you do when one of your students appears to be smarter than you?
Acknowledge and develop the student’s talent (116)
70%
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Become jealous and insecure (11)
7%
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Nothing (13)
8%
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None of my students is smarter than I am (26)
16%
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Total votes: 166
How do you view your students?
As retail consumers (27)
36%
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As fledgling scholars (31)
42%
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I can't decide (16)
22%
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Total votes: 74
Are you participating in Campus Equity Week activities?
Yes (3)
6%
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No (10)
19%
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I'm afraid to (2)
4%
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What's CEW? (39)
72%
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Total votes: 54
Where do you hold office hours?
My office (48)
39%
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Classroom (18)
15%
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Hallway (5)
4%
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Cafe (5)
4%
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Other (15)
12%
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I don't hold office hours (31)
25%
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Total votes: 122
How long does it take you to learn your students’ names?
One class (13)
11%
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One week (35)
29%
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One month (40)
33%
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I hope to have it right by the final (22)
18%
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I'm hopeless with names (10)
8%
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Total votes: 120
In a perfect world, when would you schedule your classes?
Morning (71)
48%
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Afternoon (37)
25%
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Evening (27)
18%
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Late Night (5)
3%
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Weekends (8)
5%
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Total votes: 148
When teaching a full class, how many students will you allow to add the course?
None (11)
15%
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1-2 (20)
27%
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3+ (14)
19%
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My hands are tied; my school has a strict policy about this. (29)
39%
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Total votes: 74
Is anti-intellectualism on the rise in the United States?
Yes (152)
87%
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No (14)
8%
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I'm not sure (9)
5%
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Total votes: 175
Do you find student evaluations useful in improving your teaching?
Yes (119)
63%
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No (71)
37%
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Total votes: 190
Should professors socialize with their students?
Sometimes (118)
35%
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Never (61)
18%
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It depends (159)
47%
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Total votes: 338
Do you feel pressured to pass students who've not earned passing grades?
Yes (95)
47%
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No (104)
51%
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I don't assign grades (4)
2%
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Total votes: 203


