Faculty Encouraged to Offer Insights in COACHE Job Satisfaction Survey

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas will again participate in the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education to help understand the values and rewards that promote faculty satisfaction.

The survey seeks faculty responses on topics of collaboration, engagement, campus climate, governance and resources. The survey will gather data on how the faculty members’ experiences at the University of Arkansas compare to those at other research institutions and whether the experiences differ by rank, gender or ethnicity.

The survey has opened and faculty members should receive email requests to participate in the survey. The survey will remain open until April 8.

The survey will take approximately 20 to 25 minutes to complete, and individuals will be able to stop within the survey and return to complete the survey.

“The university can’t realize its vision without an engaged and productive faculty. Your success is crucial to helping the university and the state move forward,” said Jim Coleman, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “I urge you to take a few moments to respond to the COACHE survey and let your voice be heard. We are listening.”

This year, the survey will be open to all faculty, tenured, tenure-track and non-tenured. Responses to the survey are administered by the collaborative, and complete anonymity of responses will be protected through agreements with the survey administrators. When results of the survey are determined, the university will share those results with the campus community.

“The faculty who participated in the last survey offered us targeted ideas for improving our support in the faculty realms of teaching, research and service,” Coleman said. “The information it provided showed us our strengths and identified areas where we needed to improve. We know how much we gained during the last study, and we anticipate this one will give us even greater direction.”

If you believe you should be receiving the survey and have not received it, please contact Gary Gunderman, director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment at 479-575-4652 or ggunderm@uark.edu.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.