National Louis University Adjunct Faculty Needs Assessment Final Report

Executive Summary:

National Louis conducted a Needs Assessment of 1057 adjunct faculty with 206 returning it for a return rate of 19.5%. Primarily the respondents were from the College of Education (69.1%). The College of Arts and Sciences faculty had a 21.6% response rate and 9.3% of the faculty College of Management and Business responded.

The primary purpose of this survey was to gather information to begin creating a professional development plan for National Louis University so that the institution can move forward with a comprehensive training plan for its adjuncts.

In this survey, the faculty members were asked general questions regarding their willingness to participate in professional development, the types of professional development sessions in which they would be interested, and the dates and times in which they would be available.

Conclusions:

Based on a review of this data, the following conclusions were drawn:

1. Faculty are interested in receiving additional professional development from National Louis

2. Interest varies by college (low of 74% from College of Education and Management and Business, high of 82% from Arts and Sciences).

3. Most faculty who responded have an interest in professional development delivery in a hybrid manner (ranged from low of 26% in COE to a high to 42% in M&B ). This is by far the most requested type of delivery over either strictly online or face to face.

4. Mentoring received a mixed reaction from the group surveyed. The College of Education faculty indicated that 31% of the faculty members who responded would be interested in a mentor, while in the College of A&S, 41% of the faculty indicated they would be interested in a mentoring program of some kind. In the College of Management and Business, 47% indicated they would be interested in a program of some kind.

5. The colleges had a definite split when it came to the types of professional development courses they would be interested in. The Colleges of Management & Business and Arts & Sciences were firmly in the camp of wanting more pedagogy courses (74% and 55% respectively) whereas the College of Education would like to focus more on courses that enhance their classroom technical abilities (53%).

Locations

  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    800.443.5522

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  • ELGIN

    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
    800.443.5522

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  • NORTH SHORE

    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
    800.443.5522

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  • LISLE

    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    800.443.5522

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  • WHEELING

    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
    800.443.5522

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  • FLORIDA (TAMPA)

    Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Tampa campus serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, the campus features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

    4950 West Kennedy Blvd. #300
    Tampa, FL 33609
    800.366.6581 | www.nl.edu/florida

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  • WISCONSIN

    NLU's Milwaukee campus has a proud history of serving graduate students in education in southeastern Wisconsin. Nearly one in five certified Wisconsin teachers looks to NLU for graduate education programs – more than any other university in the state. In addition to classrooms with high-tech media equipment, the campus offers a state-of-the-art computer lab with wireless Internet access and an extensive IDS research library.

    12000 West Park Place, Suite 100
    Milwaukee, WI 53224-3007
    414.577.2658

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