Abstract
Due to limited knowledge about faculty at community colleges, not much attention has been given to their job satisfaction and opinions. In particular, there is a gap in the literature relative to community college minority faculty's satisfaction in rural and urban areas. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore minority faculty's satisfaction and opinions regarding faculty issues such as benefits, job satisfaction overall, and faculty workload. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data along with analysis of variance to determine if there are significant mean differences among the various geographical settings. The National Study of Postsecondary Faculty 1999 database was utilized for this study. The findings of this research revealed more similarities than differences between urban and rural minority community college faculty about their satisfaction and opinions.
Notes
Source: 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty.
Source: 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty.
Urban I = ‘Urban Fringe of large city’; Urban II = ‘Urban Fringe of midsize city’
∗All = Faculty in all racial/ethnic groups employed in urban and rural geographical settings including Whites; Four minority faculty did not respond to these questions.
Satisfaction responses are based on a 4-point scale - 1 (Very dissatisfied); 2 (Somewhat dissatisfied); 3 (Somewhat satisfied); and 4 (Very satisfied).
Opinion responses are based on a 4-point scale - 1 (Strongly disagree); 2 (Somewhat disagree); 3 (Somewhat agree); and 4 (Strongly agree).
ANOVA Results:
# – F (2, 1483) = 3.99, p = .0187; ## – F (2, 1483) = 6.65, p = .0013; ### – F (2, 1483) = 13.30, p = .0001.