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COACHE Releases Comprehensive Study of How Satisfaction Differs Among Junior Faculty of Different Races, Sexes

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:24:20 -0500

A new report by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), a research project based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has revealed for the first time perspectives on tenure-track faculty work satisfaction disagg...

Top Academic Workplaces

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:30:13 -0500

While the majority of junior faculty at America’s colleges and universities are satisfied at work, some institutions are doing particularly well in this regard. The Tenure-Track Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey, administered by the Collaborat...

Study Challenges Assumption that Private Colleges Make Better Faculty Workplaces

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:05:45 -0400

Faculty at public colleges and universities rate tenure clarity, the clarity of performance expectations, and the reasonableness of those expectations higher than faculty at private institutions, according to a survey of nearly 7,000 junior facult...