THE FACULTY SURVEY

Spirituality and the Professoriate: A National Study of Faculty Attitudes, Experiences, and Behaviors

To compliment the longitudinal study of how the college experience influences students' spiritual development, a national survey of college faculty was carried out during the 2004-2005 academic year. (Download the 2004-2005 Faculty Survey)

These data will be used in conjunction with logitudinal student data to examine how faculty beliefs and behaviors may influence students' spiritual development during the undergraduate years. Data collected from the Faculty Survey will also be used to explore how faculty view their own spiritual expression and development within the context of their academic careers and their institutional work environments. The following questions are being explored:

	What role do faculty believe spirituality should play in the undergraduate experience?
	How do faculty view their responsibility for helping students achieve a greater sense of meaning and purpose in their professional and personal lives?
	To what extent do faculty view themselves as potential facilitators of students' spiritual/religious development?
	To what extent do faculty engage their students in curricular activities that can promote inner development such as reflective learning, journaling, and community service?
	How might life stage and/or generational differences affect how students and faculty differentially define and experience their spirituality?