Faculty Surveys

The CSULB IFWEL faculty survey was implemented at the start of 2023 to better understand the institutional context for workload equity and faculty experiences with fairness in evaluation and distribution of workload.  

A total of 684 CSULB faculty responded to the survey resulting in a response rate of approximately 28%. The response rate for Tenure or Tenure track faculty was 38% and for adjunct or Lecturers was 17%.  

51% either strongly disagreed or somewhat disagreed that faculty in their department feel work is distributed fairly. The lowest levels of agreement were observed for ‘There are clearly identified benchmarks for expected campus service contributions’ and ‘There are clearly identified benchmarks for expected advising contributions.’ These findings suggest there is room for improvement across departments for clarity around workload expectations. 

In the qualitative portion of the survey, several respondents (n= 287) shared their thoughts candidly when asked to provide additional comments about the topic of workload and workload equity. The most prominent themes that emerged are overwhelming workloads and substantial invisible labor.