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Partner Perspectives: Creating Transformative Spaces to Build Our Future Faculty

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A long-respected leader in the efforts to build diverse faculty at universities, Susan Carlson provides a look back on how she achieved success borrowing from a key feature in theatrical comedy — the “middle space.” Using the idea of middle space allowed for the testing of new roles, ideas, and relationships among her colleagues and faculty. 

She reveals that the middle space, as well as her research into comedy as an early-career professor, played a pivotal role in her leadership work. 

Carlson’s Creating Transformative Spaces to Build Our Future Faculty is the first in a series of pieces for COACHE’s Partner Perspectives guest column, in which leaders driving progress in higher education share their experience and perspectives.
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Advancing Higher Education Research

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Amal Kumar

COACHE PresentationWhile faculty satisfaction is closely tied to student success, the faculty experience continues to be understudied, leaving institutions with fewer answers or best practices to address the unique challenges facing faculty in the workplace.
 

To increase the knowledge and inquiry in this area of study, COACHE is committed to providing broad access to data for scholars as they begin their early research paths in higher education.

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Inclusivity Programs Show Strong Return On Investment

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Florida International University

Team work

With over one thousand full-time faculty members from around the globe, strengthening inclusivity—with the ability to measure progress—is vital to Florida International University (FIU), which serves more than 56,000 students at its Miami campus.

Leading these efforts is FIU’s Office to Advance Women, Equity, and Diversity (AWED), established in 2016 through a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Grant aimed at institutional transformation. Many of the AWED’s programs—as well as the office’s creation—were informed by data collected through the COACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Surveys administered in 2017 and 2013.

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COACHE Launches New Impact Report: "Partners in Progress"

COACHE Impact ReportThe new COACHE Impact Report “Partners in Progress” is now available online. Exploring a range of issues and types of institutions, the report highlights insights from leaders of colleges and universities who have utilized the COACHE survey process and data to drive measurable improvements in areas most impactful to their individual institutions.

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How Data Triangulation Can Convert Skeptics to Supporters

By Todd Benson

Data TilesWhen we ask our partners “What’s going to get in the way of working with your faculty around COACHE data?”, a frequent response is that faculty are questioning the results. But to ensure that faculty fully engage with data from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), it is vital that everyone trusts the results — including any skeptics.

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When Perceptions of Diversity Don’t Match Progress: New Analysis from the Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey

by Kiernan Mathews, Todd Benson, Sara Polsky, and Lauren Scungio

Diverse group of faculty speakingSince 2005, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education’s (COACHE) Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey has been systematically listening to faculty and, campus by campus, revealing inequities in the faculty experience. The survey results illuminate disparities in perceptions about the academic workplace between faculty of different racial and ethnic backgrounds—and also demonstrate, amid a nationwide conversation about inclusion, that white faculty’s perception of diversity and inclusion efforts on campus still outpaces genuine progress.

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Recognizing Faculty with Disabilities: Data and Considerations from the Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey [Infographic]

Disability Infographic Blog Image COACHE’s Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey provides academic affairs leaders with valuable information on their faculty’s experience in the workplace. The insights gained through the customized, adaptive report helps senior leaders identify areas of improvement and take meaningful action.

The survey provides insights into a number of themes, but over the past two years, COACHE has incorporated a new set of questions related to disability status:... Read more about Recognizing Faculty with Disabilities: Data and Considerations from the Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey [Infographic]