DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38593.v1
title: Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey, United States, 2021
title: Version 1

description: The eighth 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 their research and teaching. Respondents were asked about resource discovery and access; research topics and practices; research dissemination, including open access, data management, and preservation; instruction and perceptions of student research skills; the role and value of the academic library; and open-educational resources. Demographic variables include the respondent's age, gender, primary academic field, title or role, institution's Carnegie classification, how many years the respondent has worked at their current college or university, how many years the respondent has worked in their field, what format the courses they are currently teaching (if any) are in (synchronous, asynchronous, or a mix of both) and whether the respondent primarily identifies as a researcher, teacher, or somewhere in between.
description: The purpose of this study was to learn about faculty attitudes and practices related to their research and teaching, as well as to provide actionable findings to help colleges and universities, among other relevant stakeholders such as academic libraries, learned societies, and scholarly publishers, make evidence-based decisions for their planning and strategy.
description: Response patterns varied to some degree by discipline, and to adjust for this researchers weighted the aggregate results from the sample proportionally to match population parameters; data are weighted by the "DISCIPLINE" variable in the dataset. Educ 1.107056837 History 0.345220669 Eng 1.102858502 Math 0.868699803 BusFin 2.065286701 Bio 1.323421008 Psych 1.251797083 Physics 0.458476226 Phil 0.560846519 Music 1.711549302 Anthro 0.545581988 Lit 0.597975846 Chem 1.383892645 Geol 0.514180421 Religion 0.585491961 Polisci 0.994397146 Soc 0.983490778 Econ 1.404617813 Theater 1.932468431 Geog 1.026923453 ArtHist 0.848246836 PubPol 0.912820847 Classics 0.778392111 AsiaStud 1.276467962 WomStud 0.649597463 PhysSci 0.889943723 AfAmStud 0.642117249 Law 1.586799799 SlavStud 0.863505314 AmStud 1.286071744 IndStud 0.532801151 AfStud 1.124394153 PubHlth 1.68659123 LAStud 2.562957261 MEStud 1.129905889
description: Response Rates: The response rate was 5.2%.
description: The population for this survey is faculty members at four-year colleges and universities that offer a bachelor's degree or higher. While faculty members from the fields of foreign languages and agriculture, and faculty from medical institutions are included in our disciplinary analysis, they are excluded from our aggregate analysis so that the appropriate comparisons can be drawn against all previous survey cycles. The survey was fielded in fall 2021 to a sample of 145,099 faculty members, and we received a total of 7,615 completed surveys for an overall response rate of 5.2%. Invitation and reminder messages were deployed from Ithaka S+R, partner scholarly societies, and several universities. As the responses varied by discipline, we weighted the aggregated results proportionally to match population parameters.
description: Datasets: DS1: Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey, United States, 2021
description: The study covered academics at 4-year colleges and universities in the United States covering the major arts and sciences fields, and several major professional fields.
description: web-based surveyFor additional information on the Ithaka S+R Faculty Survey, please see the Ithaka S+R website.