Transcript Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey

Data Compiled from the Collaborative on Academic
Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)
COACHE Survey
 Founded in 2002 with support from the Ford
Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies.
 Based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
 Consortium of over 200 colleges, universities, and
systems across North America.
 Membership enables colleges and universities build a
culture of success and maintain a vibrant faculty.
 COACHE's tools are designed to generate actionable
diagnoses.
 Based on member feedback, COACHE revised the
survey in 2011 to include all tenure-stream faculty.
Participation in COACHE
 UM System was invited to participate in 2005


Interest existed, but cost prohibitive
Negotiated a better price for the four campuses
• Participated the first time in Fall 2008

Focus was on Tenure-Track faculty only
• Participated again in Fall 2013

Focus was expanded to include Tenured faculty
COACHE Report
 Ready by the end of May
 Comparisons with five peers and all comparable COACHE
participants
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Five Peers
 UMASS-Lowell
 SUNY at Buffalo
 UNC – Charlotte
 Kansas State University
 University of Alabama
Comparable institutions

98 institutions
 Breakdowns by Tenure Status and Rank
 Breakdowns by Gender and Ethnicity
COACHE Benchmarks
 Nature of Work: Service
 Tenure Clarity
 Nature of Work: Teaching
 Tenure Reasonableness
 Nature of Work: Research
 Promotion
 Facilities and Work Resources
 Leadership: Senior
 Personal and Family Policies
 Leadership: Divisional
 Health and Retirement Benefits
 Leadership: Departmental
 Interdisciplinary Work
 Departmental Engagement
 Collaboration
 Departmental Quality
 Mentoring
 Departmental Collegiality
 Tenure Policies
 Appreciation and Recognition
COACHE Report
 Additional Areas
 Best aspects of working at UMKC
 Worst aspects of working at UMKC
 Reasons faculty would leave UMKC
 The number one thing that UMKC could do to improve
the workplace
 Additional Climate questions
Response Rate
Invited
Responded
Adj. Response Rate
17,872
8,362
47%
Peer 1
846
529
63%
Peer 2
979
404
41%
Peer 3
775
350
45%
Peer 4
376
198
53%
Peer 5
731
350
48%
UMKC
399
222
56%
All Universities TOTAL
preoverall tenured tenure
University of Missouri Kansas City
population
responders
response Rate
399
222
55.6%
323
181
56.0%
76
41
53.9%
full
159
89
56.0%
assoc
171
92
53.8%
asst
69
41
59.4%
men
246
127
51.6%
women
153
95
62.1%
white
296
167
56.4%
faculty of
color
103
55
53.4%
Top Five Best and Worst
Top Five Best Aspects
Top Five Best Aspects
Top Five Best Aspects
Top Five Best Aspects
Top Five Worst Aspects
Top Five Worst Aspects
Top Five Worst Aspects
Top Five Worst Aspects
Improving the Workplace
Improving the Workplace
Improving the Workplace
Improving the Workplace