Table 1.
Description of variables and measures
| Variables | Scale range |
|---|---|
| Dependent variable | |
| Engaged undergraduates on your research project (last 2 years) | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Demographic characteristics | |
| Sex: female | 1 = male, 2 = female |
| Native language: English | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Racial/Ethnic Background (White is reference group) | |
| Asian | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Latino | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Black | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Native American | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Professional career | |
| Tenured | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Time since appointed at present institution (in years) | Continuous, min = 0, max = 54 |
| Rank (Associate Professor is reference group) | |
| Full Professor | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Assistant Professor | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Lecturer | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Instructor | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Discipline (Life sciences is reference group) | |
| Engineering and computer science | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Health sciences | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Physical sciences | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Teaching activities | |
| Taught an honors course (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Taught an interdisciplinary course (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Taught a course exclusively on the Internet (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Taught a seminar for first-year students (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Number of Graduate courses taught (this academic year) | Continuous, min = 0.49, max = 6 |
| HPW teaching (actual, not credit hours) (average week during this term) | 1 = none, 9 = 45+ hours |
| Other scholarly activities | |
| Collaborated with the local community in research/teaching (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Advised student groups involved in service/volunteer work (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| HPW research and scholarly writing (average week during this term) | 1 = none, 9 = 45+ hours |
| Extent: engage in academic work that spans multiple disciplines | 1 = not at all, 3 = to a great extent |
| Extent: mentor new faculty | 1 = not at all, 3 = to a great extent |
| Publications and funding | |
| Number of articles published in academic or professional journals (career) | 1 = none, 7 = 51+ |
| Number of published books, manuals, or monographs (career) | 1 = none, 7 = 51+ |
| Number of writings published/accepted for publication (last 2 years) | 1 = none, 7 = 51+ |
| Received funding for your work from: foundations (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Received funding for work from: State/federal government (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Received funding for your work from: business or industry (last 2 years) | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Goals for undergraduates (importance of goals for undergraduate students) | |
| Promote ability to write effectively | 1 = not important, 4 = essential |
| Help students evaluate the quality and reliability of information | 1 = not important, 4 = essential |
| Encourage student habits of mind for learning (factor) | Continuous, min = −4.15, max = 1.37 |
| Goal for undergrads: enhance social understanding (factor) | Continuous, min = −1.89, max = 1.62 |
| Institutional climate | |
| Institutional priority prestige (factor) | Continuous, min = −2.33, max = 1.33 |
| Faculty are rewarded for their efforts to work with underprepared students (at this institution) | 1 = not descriptive, 3 = very descriptive |
| Faculty feel that most students are well-prepared academically (at this institution) | 1 = not descriptive, 3 = very descriptive |
| Faculty here are strongly interested in the academic problems of undergraduates (at this institution) | 1 = not descriptive, 3 = very descriptive |
| My research is valued by faculty in my department | 1 = Disagree strongly, 4 = Agree strongly |
| My values are congruent with the dominant institutional values | 1 = Disagree strongly, 4 = Agree strongly |
| There is adequate support for faculty development | 1 = Disagree strongly, 4 = Agree strongly |
| Institutional characteristics | |
| Faculty average: importance of research | Continuous, min = 1.50, max = 4.00 |
| Faculty average: institutional priority is prestige | Continuous, min = −2.20, max = 1.17 |
| HBCU | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Institution has a medical center | 1 = no, 2 = yes |
| Institutional control: private | 1 = public, 2 = private |
| Liberal arts institution (masters comprehensive is the reference group) | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Doctoral institution (masters comprehensive is the reference group) | 0 = no, 1 = yes |
| Institutional selectivity (1 unit = 100 pt. change) | Continuous, min = 8.38, max = 14.67 |