The Faculty Bearometer sent the following question on March 3, 2026 to 2,668 faculty senate members:
What role should Senate faculty have in evaluating the performance of senior campus administrators e.g, Provosts, Vice Provosts, Vice Chancellors)?
- No additional faculty role beyond existing governance
- Advisory faculty feedback only
- Structured faculty evaluations that inform review
- Formal faculty evaluations that materially affect review
- No opinion
196 faculty responded, 165 were were regular faculty (10%). 103 of the participants had a primary appointment in a STEM department. Members from 31 of our 35 high-level unit/departments participated. There were no statistically significant differences in response among our demographic variables (STEM, emerita, department).