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April 2005
Minutes of the April 20, 2005 Meeting of the School of Medicine Committee on the Status of Women and Minorities
Attending: Dr. Karen Cropsey, Ms. Carol Hampton, Dr. Wendy Klein, Dr. Susan Kornstein, Dr. Rita Shiang
- Faculty Exit Survey Update. Dr Cropsey presented preliminary data from the faculty exit survey. Main findings include the following:
- Most participants left VCU because of professional reasons.
- Men were more likely to report salary as the primary reason
- Women were more likely to report family as the primary reason
- Non-white were more likely to report professional advancement as the primary reason
- Salary increased significantly among all participants after leaving VCU, even for people who left VCU for academic position.
- No significant differences for race at all times
- No significant differences between men and women on starting salaries at VCU.
- Women made significantly less than men at the time they left VCU and starting their new job.
- Most people rated salary as fair to very poor
- Benefits and retirement plans were rated as good to excellent by most respondents
- Opportunity for advancement and promotion and tenure were rated as fair to very poor by most respondents
- Most respondents rated communication & cooperation both within and outside departments as fair to very poor.
- Collegiality, collaboration, and mentoring were all rated as fair to very poor
- Department chairs evaluations were evenly split; no differences in gender or race on ratings of department chair
- Sexual harassment and discrimination (racial, gender) were reported by a significant minority of respondents
- Colleagues were rated as good to excellent source of support for balancing career and personal life
- The University and the SOM were rated the lowest for supporting career and family
- For all ratings, women rated support from all sources higher than men
- No racial differences on support
- Richmond was rated as primarily better or the same than other places for:
- Cost of living, raising a family, weather, education for children
- Richmond was rated worse than other places for:
- Outdoor activities, diversity, community resources, culture, work opportunities, safety
- Physical space for teaching, clinical, and research were rated fair to very poor.
- Workload was primarily rated as fair to very poor.
- Men were more likely to report that job duties were “just right” after leaving VCU compared to women, who reported less satisfaction with new job than when at VCU.
The committee generated the following recommendations following the presentation of the data:
- Faculty exit questionnaire be systemized and implemented annually for at least the next 3 years.
- Survey current SOM faculty; repeat the faculty career development "needs" survey from 1997 and capture similar questions on the current FEQ.
- Conduct salary equity study - based on data gathered from this survey and other needs.
- Improve communication across all levels in the SOM; specific strategies include:
- establish a faculty dining room for all SOM faculty, clinical, basic science, professional, etc.
- establish an electronic "This day/week/month at the medical center"
- will need infrastructure:
- person to collect/verify/write information for electronic display
- e-system/displays/web
- Mentoring: make chairs (dept and division chairs) accountable for
assigning, monitoring mentoring for all faculty, especially new faculty;
can use SOM Faculty Mentoring Guide with assessment, monitoring forms.
Meeting adjourned at 5:00 PM.
Prepared by Jessye Cohen, Assistant to the COSOWAM committee
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