We notice that several areas of the University like to survey their staff and faculty. In fact, the Medical Center spent a great deal of money recently surveying staff to see what was really going on with them. As of this date, we haven't heard of anything changing over there. Have you?
Of course, spending a lot of money for surveys shows how much administration "really cares" about faculty and staff. It's also a lot cheaper than giving actual raises.
Have you been surveyed lately? Were you honest? Did anyone listen to you? Did anything change?
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My experience with UK surveys are the ones doing the survey have all ready formed a conclusion and will manipulate the data to justify the result they need.
I think a interesting survey would be how many people trust UK, Dr Todd. Do you feel the University of Kentucky is headed for bankruptcy? Do you really believe the Top 20 Plan can be achieved?
My experience is that faculty and/or staff are surveyed, and if the respondents reply with what they really think and it is critical (for example, about a Dean being reappointed), it is ignored. Surveys potentially could be beneficial by providing faculty and staff the opportunity to anonymously voice their opinions and concerns (doing so publicly runs a real risk of retaliation by the UK administration). However, since administrators routinely ignore the survey results if they do not match the answers that they want, the surveys are useless. Furthermore, as faculty and staff come to realize that their opinions will be ignored anyway, they cease to bother participating in the surveys.
you need to remember just because someone ask's your thoughts or your ideas on a matter doesnt mean they are going to listen or do what you say.
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