The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, or COACHEbased at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is a consortium of over 250 colleges and universities committed to making the academic workplace more attractive for all faculty. The core component of COACHE is a faculty satisfaction survey specially designed to provide information about the faculty experience at their institution.

How has Iowa State utilized the Faculty Satisfaction Survey?

At Iowa State University, the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost works with the Faculty Senate as well as the Office of Institutional Research and other stakeholder groups that comprise faculty and administrators to plan the COACHE survey. Since 2006, Iowa State has collaborated with COACHE to conduct this survey approximately every four years. Iowa State uses faculty responses to assess needs, develop action plans, and implement best practices to strengthen hiring, promotion, retention, and campus climate. In addition, the COACHE reports provide Iowa State leaders with a powerful tool to increase the quality of faculty work-life; advance a reputation as a great place for faculty to work; and generate ideas and initiatives from faculty that enrich and expand the range of possible improvements.

What has been gained from participating in COACHE since 2005?

  • Continued participation in COACHE for more than 15 years has provided Iowa State leaders with a way to track institutional progress in key areas related to faculty satisfaction. To learn more, read COACHE Throughout The Years 2005 - Present (PDF).
  • In 2021, 904 of 1527 eligible faculty responded to the survey, comprising a 56% response rate. As Iowa State faculty work toward fulfilling the land-grant mission and meeting institutional strategic goals, COACHE data affords administrators and faculty an opportunity to examine data and explore within-campus differences for the overall faculty and across faculty subgroups. To learn more about the survey, read the 2021 COACHE Faculty Satisfaction Survey Summary.

What information has been shared about the 2021 COACHE data?

Faculty asked to complete two surveys this semester, January 28, 2021

Faculty job satisfaction survey results shared with senators, February 17, 2022

COACHE faculty survey data available online, May 24, 2022

A followup on COACHE faculty survey results, October 13, 2022

Why COACHE Teams Should "Phone a Friend”: Garnering Greater Insights by Engaging COACHE’s Community of Practice, October 31, 2022

Building Collegiality Among Faculty: Iowa State Learns from Successes in COACHE’s Community of Practice, November 28, 2022

 

 

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