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“By an overwhelming margin, a majority of faculty at Connecticut public universities reject the racial discrimination that racial preferences necessarily entail. The results of the poll demonstrate that those in higher education in Connecticut who advocate preferences are speaking only for a small minority of faculty. After ballot initiatives and polls in other states, this is one more indication that academics, like Americans generally, reject preferences based on race, gender, and ethnicity as inconsistent with the fundamental American principles of individual merit and equal protection under the law.”
Jay Bergman
President
Connecticut Association of Scholars
April 18, 2000
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A Reaction to Ballot-Test Questions the Policy of Granting Preferences in Employment and Admissions: A Survey of Faculty at Connecticut Institutions of Higher Education
Conducted for:
The Connecticut Association of Scholars
Data Collected by:
Center for Survey Research and Analysis
University of Connecticut
April 2000
The Connecticut Association of Scholars (CAS) commissioned the Center for Survey Research and Analysis (CSRA), a research unit at the University of Connecticut, to conduct a survey of faculty at public institutions of higher education in Connecticut. The purpose of the survey is to measure faculty reaction to ballot propositions similar to those included on the California ballot several years ago. These California ballot questions asked whether or not preferences based on race, sex or ethnicity should be used in faculty hiring and student admissions decisions.
The Connecticut survey of faculty at public institutions examines faculty responses to the ballot concepts. How would faculty vote on similar ballot questions based on their home institutions? Do faculty support the policy of applying preferences based on race, sex or ethnicity in employment and admissions at their own institution, or do they feel the policy of granting preferences should not be used?
The Questionnaire
Two questions were used to test faculty reaction to these ballot concepts. These questions are:
Do you feel that (name of home institution) should or should not grant preference to one candidate over another in faculty employment decisions on the basis of race, sex, or ethnicity?
Do you feel that (name of home institution) should or should not grant preference to one applicant over another for student admission on the basis of race, sex, or ethnicity?
The survey also included questions on academic rank, department, gender and race to ensure that the sample interviewed adequately represents the population of faculty at Connecticut institutions of higher education.. The individual responses of all those who were interviewed are kept strictly confidential.
Sampling
A random sample of full time tenured and tenure track faculty was interviewed by telephone for the survey. A total of 530 interviews were conducted with faculty at the Connecticut State University system, 513 were conducted with faculty at the University of Connecticut system, and 298 were conducted with faculty at the Connecticut Community College system.
Sampling error for the CSU faculty sample is +/- 1.9% at the 95% level of confidence. For the UConn faculty sample, sampling error is +/- 2.0% at the 95% confidence level. For the Community College faculty sample, sampling error is +/- 2.9% at the 95% level of confidence.
The telephone interviewing for this survey began on Tuesday, March 28 and ended on Friday, April 7, 2000.
OVERALL FINDINGS
The following table shows responses to our ballot test questions on the policy of granting preferences in faculty employment decisions and in student admissions. Responses are shown for CSU (Connecticut State University) faculty, University of Connecticut faculty, and Connecticut Community College (CCC) faculty.
TABLE 1
OVERALL FINDINGS
CSU UCONN CCC
Grant Preferences in faculty
Employment decisions:
Should 18% 29% 15%
Should Not 61% 52% 75%
Not Sure/Depends/NA 21% 19% 10%
Total 100% 100% 100%
(n) (530) (513) (298)
Grant Preferences in student
Admissions decisions:
Should 23% 35% 9%
Should Not 58% 47% 73%
Not Sure/Depends/NA 18% 18% 18%
Total 99% 100% 100%
(n) (530) (513) (298)
On the faculty hiring ballot test question, CSU faculty are more likely to say that preferences should not be granted (61%) than they are to say that they should be granted (18%) on the basis of race, sex, or ethnicity. About one-in-five faculty at CSU (21%) are not sure how they would answer this ballot question.
On the student admissions ballot test question, CSU faculty are also more likely to opt for not granting preferences over granting preferences by a somewhat smaller margin of 58% to 23%. Again, one-in-five CSU faculty do not register an opinion on the policy of granting preferences in student admissions.
Faculty at the University of Connecticut system also tend to support not granting preferences over granting preferences, albeit by thinner margins than the CSU faculty. Specifically, 52% of UConn faculty say that preferences should not be granted in hiring while 29% say preferences should be granted in hiring. With respect to the student admissions ballot test, 47% say preferences should not be granted while 35% say they should. As with the CSU faculty, about one-fifth of UConn faculty are not sure how they would answer these ballot itmes.
Faculty in the CCC system are most likely to reject the policy of granting preferences in employment and admissions. Seventy-five percent of CCC faculty say preferences should not be granted in employment decisions at their home institution while 15% say they should be granted. Similarly on the student admissions ballot test, 73% say preferences should not be granted while 9% say that they should be granted on the basis of race, sex, or ethnicity.
FINDINGS WITHIN COLLEGE SYSTEM
The following two data tables show the findings for CSU and UConn faculty, broken down by academic rank and gender. The CCC sample size is not large enough to provide these demographic breakdowns.
TABLE 2
CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Asst. Assoc. Full
Total Prof. Prof. Prof. Male Female
Grant Preferences in faculty
Employment decisions:
Should 18% 18% 20% 17% 19% 16%
Should Not 61% 62% 60% 61% 63% 58%
Not Sure/Depends/NA 21% 20% 20% 22% 18% 26%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
(n) (530) (148) (168) (213) (343) (187)
TABLE 2 continued
CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
Grant Preferences in student
Admissions decisions:
Should 23% 22% 25% 23% 24% 22%
Should Not 58% 61% 55% 60% 59% 58%
Not Sure/Depends/NA 18% 17% 20% 18% 18% 20%
Total 99% 100% 100% 101% 101% 100%
(n) (530) (148) (168) (213) (343) (187)
TABLE 3
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Asst. Assoc. Full
Total Prof. Prof. Prof. Male Female
Grant Preferences in faculty
Employment decisions:
Should 29% 31% 31% 28% 27% 38%
Should Not 52% 53% 55% 49% 54% 44%
Not Sure/Depends/NA 19% 16% 14% 23% 19% 18%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
(n) (513) (96) (170) (245) (395) (118)
Grant Preferences in student
Admissions decisions:
Should 35% 36% 33% 36% 33% 43%
Should Not 47% 48% 52% 43% 49% 41%
Not Sure/Depends/NA 18% 16% 15% 21% 19% 16%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 101% 100%
(n) (513) (96) (170) (245) (395) (118)