Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education| COACHE | Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education

Your partner in improving the faculty experience through data and insights.

A research-practice partnership and network of peer institutions dedicated to improving outcomes in faculty recruitment, development, and retention.

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Faculty Surveys

Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey

This survey offers academic affairs administrators unique insights into the faculty experience. The survey captures faculty sentiment with regard to teaching, service and research, tenure and promotion, departmental engagement and collegiality, and other aspects of the academic workplace.

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Faculty Retention & Exit Survey

The Faculty Retention & Exit Survey involves COACHE partners in the only comparative study of faculty retentions and departures. The results show the implications of certain policies and offer insight into the causes, costs, and conduct surrounding faculty exit.

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Our Special 20th Anniversary Impact Report is Here!

For two decades, COACHE has partnered with colleges and universities to turn faculty data into meaningful action. Now, we’re looking back—and moving forward. Our 20th Anniversary Impact Report, chronicles how millions of data points and hundreds of thousands of faculty voices have shaped institutional transformation. Explore key findings on transparency, inclusion, governance and leadership—and how institutions are turning insights into action.

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Our Approach

Reporting

Our reporting platforms were custom-built with academic affairs administrators in mind. With built-in disaggregations by tenure status, rank, demographics, and discipline, the out-of-the-box reports are robust and intuitive enough to get your team working on taking action from the data.

Partnership

Participation in each of our surveys entails a three-year partnership during which institutions have access to our team of researchers, a broader cohort of peer institutions, and access to educational opportunities.