Partner Spotlight

The 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...

Skidmore College, a liberal arts college in upstate New York, wanted to understand climate and leadership challenges within their academic departments. As faculty groups rarely had the opportunity to collaborate, it became increasingly difficult for...

The forthcoming book, Success After Tenure: Supporting Mid-Career Faculty, offers a unique perspective on how to support mid-career faculty. The book focuses on issues faced by mid-career faculty and examines innovative programs and models that can be...

by Todd Benson Recently I had the chance to speak with Berit Gundersen at the University of the Pacific. As the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Gundersen lead the initiative to bring the COACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction survey to the University of...

by Kiernan Mathews For most of COACHE’s 13 years in existence, research universities have dominated the roster of our institutional partners. Their sheer numbers of faculty are a quantitative researcher’s dream! However, a quiet but sizable minority of...

by Kiernan Mathews I recently fielded a question from a COACHE partner who wanted to know about institutions doing good work in annual appraisal processes that makes real distinctions in faculty performance. There are effective, developmental, faculty...

by Meg Starkey COACHE spotlights member institutions that are delving into their reports and engaging with their colleagues around disseminating results. This ‘spotlight’ features the University of Toronto. I interviewed Sara-Jane Finlay, Director of the...

In 2008, the University at Albany developed a “Tenure Trek” program, aimed at demystifying the tenure process and providing junior faculty with opportunities for collegial discussion with peers, information to help them better understand UAlbany, and...

The Provost’s Office at the University at Albany initiated a Career, Leadership and University Excellence (CLUE) program to study processes and policies that affect faculty satisfaction and to create programs that result in greater faculty satisfaction...