DOI: 10.3886/icpsr37866.v1
title: Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey, United States, 2018
title: Version 1

description: The seventh cycle of the Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey queried a random sample of higher education faculty members in the United States to learn about their attitudes and practices related to research, teaching, and communicating. Respondents were asked about resource discovery and access; research topics and practices; research dissemination, including data management and preservation; instruction and perceptions of student research skills; the role and value of the academic library; open-educational resources; and learning analytics tools. Demographic variables include the respondent's age, gender, primary academic field, how many years the respondent has worked at his or her current college or university, how many years the respondent has worked in his or her field, and whether the respondent primarily identifies as a researcher, teacher, or somewhere in between.
description: This study was intended to provide higher education institutions and support services, such as academic libraries, learned societies, and scholarly publishers, with timely findings and analysis that help them plan for the future.
description: Demographic variables include the respondent's age, gender, primary academic field, how many years the respondent has worked at his or her current college or university, how many years the respondent has worked in his or her field, and whether the respondent primarily identifies as a researcher, teacher, or somewhere in between. Other variables asked about resource discovery and access; research topics and practices; research dissemination, including data management and preservation; instruction and perceptions of student research skills; and the role and value of the academic library.
description: Response patterns varied to some degree by discipline, and to adjust for this we have weighted the aggregate results from our sample proportionally to match population parameters; data are weighted by the "academic_field" variable in the dataset. Academic_field; Weight AfStud 1.003916723 AfAmStud 1.188537941 AmStud 1.178592017 Anthro 0.678908177 AsiaStud 1.313791285 Bio 1.095666171 BusFin 1.638689044 Chem 1.223592595 Classics 0.842879964 Econ 1.311989999 Educ 0.889968496 Eng 1.534683989 Geog 0.967428787 Geol 0.47401483 History 0.478041261 ArtHist 0.559405332 IndStud 0.751469828 LAStud 3.550694938 Law 1.760376781 Lit 0.51319279 Math 1.29228422 MEStud 0.711547993 Music 1.311479584 Phil 0.479944483 PhysSci 0.758301372 Physics 1.05984371 PubPol 0.989231954 PoliSci 1.084384171 Psych 1.170057592 PubHlth 0.445245873 Religion 0.560827713 SlavStud 1.028574327 Soc 0.771258915 Theater 1.647037993 WomStud 0.921008753
description: Response Rates: The response rate for this survey was 7.23 percent.
description: The population for this survey is faculty members from all of the arts and sciences fields and most professions at colleges and universities in the United States that grant a bachelor's degree or higher. For this cycle, medical respondents are included in our disciplinary analysis but are excluded from all measures of aggregate response, so that appropriate aggregate comparisons can be drawn against previous survey cycles.The survey was fielded in fall 2018 to a sample of 150,941 faculty members, and we received a total of 10,919 responses, for an aggregate response rate of 7.23%. Invitations and reminder messages were sent from a variety of sources, including Ithaka S+R, a number of scholarly societies, and several universities. Response patterns varied to some degree by discipline, and to adjust for this we have weighted the aggregate results from our sample proportionally to match population parameters.
description: Datasets: DS1: Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey, United States, 2018
description: This study covers academics at 4-year colleges and universities in the United States covering the major arts and sciences fields, and several major professional fields. Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: web-based surveyFor additional information on the 2018 US Faculty Survey, as well as the Ithaka S+R Surveys of Higher Education Series, please visit the Ithaka S+R website.Questionnaire: Coded values are in parentheses (i.e. "(10)"). For matrix and multi-select questions, the variable names are below each item/statement in parentheses (i.e. "(Q3_1)"). Display logic, which signifies that a question was only presented to those who satisfied a condition in their response to another question, is highlighted in blue. This text was not visible to respondents within the questionnaire.