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The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE)
Tenure-Track Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey  

The University of Memphis (UofM) participated in the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey during the 2005-06 academic year.

Housed at Harvard University 's Graduate School of Education and supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation, COACHE is a collaboration of colleges and universities committed to gathering the peer diagnostic and comparative data academic administrators need to recruit, retain, and develop the cohort most critical to the long-term future of their institutions.

The core element of COACHE is an electronic survey designed and tested in focus groups and a rigorous pilot study with twelve sites. The COACHE Tenure-Track Job Satisfaction Survey provides participating institutions with a management tool that can be used as a powerful lever to improve the quality of work life for junior faculty. Each section is built to generate a report of not simply "interesting" data, but actionable diagnoses.

2005-06 Survey: Population & Response Rates:

Overall Population (All Participating Universities): 7,804

UofM Population: 153

Overall Response Rate (All Participating Universities): 58%

UofM Response Rate: 61%

UofM Peer Group:

• Arizona State University
• Texas Tech University
• University at Buffalo – SUNY
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Survey Results:

National Results: New Study Indicates Faculty Treatment Matters More Than Compensation September 26, 2006

University of Memphis Results

For Further Information:

For more information about the COACHE collaborative and the national survey: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~newscholars/

For more information about the UofM's participation and results, contact Dr. Teresa Hartnett at teresa.hartnett@memphis.edu