5 having served for at least 20 years. The range of tenure at McFeely was from 1 to
23 years. Three had been at McFeely for 15 or more years, 5 had tenures from 5 to
14 years, and 2 had been at McFeely for less than 5 years. Table 2 summarizes the faculty
participants in the study.
All of the interviews with faculty members occurred in their offices at a time
mutually agreed upon by the researcher and the faculty member through email or phone
communication. While the names of faculty members, along with their contact
information, was provided by the dean of students, the invitation to participate came
directly from the researcher and, to the researcher’s knowledge, no faculty member was
compelled to participate.