2023 FACULTY SATIFACTION SURVEY AVAILABLE NOW

Learn how to access the 2023 COACHE Survey report on MyDU.

COACHE

Since 2003, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), a research-practice partnership (RPP), has been committed to improving the workplace, career and overall experience of faculty members. COACHE is based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has surveyed 20,000+ faculty members at more than 300 colleges and universities. Survey results are intended to be used to develop strategies to improve the professional lives of faculty members; the goal is to create an environment where faculty can do their best work. 

In the spring of 2019 and again in 2023, DU faculty members were invited to complete a survey as a core initiative of achieving R1 Our Way that covers:

Nature of Work

Resources and Support

Cross-Silo Work and Mentorship

Tenure and Promotion

Institutional Leadership

Shared Governance

The Department

Faculty are central to the mission of the University of Denver. Your commitment to improving this workplace was reflected the extraordinary response rates (64% in 2023 and 65% in 2019 repectively). The survey results revealed diversity of opinions across campus and some significant concerns. We invite your participation as we move forward, building on these results to improve our working environments. For more information about methodology and details regarding scale items and reliability, please view the COACHE 2022-23 Survey instrument and the COACHE Instrumentation Report.

COACHE Faculty Engagement Series

As part of the suite of R1 Our Way initiatives, DU participated in the COACHE Faculty Satisfaction Survey. At the R1 Celebration on October 25, 2023, results were made available through MyDU. Please visit our Findings page for instructions on how to access preliminary reports. To better understand these results, as well as next steps for DU, a series of COACHE faculty engagements will be held in the Winter Quarter. The first event will be a broad overview of survey results. Subsequent engagements will focus on faculty subgroups and themes. Please join us to learn more about the results, provide your feedback, and participate in shaping next steps at one or all of these events: 

Thursday, January 18, 2024 | 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. COACHE Overview and Roundtable Discussions Renaissance Room, View Overview session recording here.

Friday, January 19, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Faculty Senate COACHE Discussion of results, AAC 290 

Monday, January 22, 2024 | 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.  Diving Deeper into the COACHE Data: Results for Women and Women-Identifying Faculty in CNSM and RSECS. Co-sponsored by DU-MERISTEM and Faculty Affairs Room: ECS 510 . 

Thursday, February 8, 2024 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. COACHE Overview, Faculty of Color Data, and Roundtable Discussion co-sponsored with the Faculty of Color Association (FOCA)m, Ruffatto Commons, Morgridge College of Education, Ruffatto Hall. To attend, please register here.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. COACHE Overview, Teaching & Professional Faculty Data, and Roundtable Discussion, Faculty Lounge, Community Commons 2800. To attend, please register here.

Specials Thanks to the COACHE Data Governance Committee

  • Renee Botta (Faculty Senate)
  • Ryan Elmore (Daniels College of Business)
  • Mike Furno (Institutional Research)
  • Wojciech Kossek (RSECS)
  • Mary Claire Loftus (CAHSS)
  • Katia Miller (Institutional Research)
  • Nicole Nicotera (Graduate School of Social Work)
  • Terese Rainwater (Provost/Faculty Affairs) 
  • Gohar Tovbis (Institutional Technology)
  • Lauren Turner (Libraries/Faculty Affairs Fellow)
  • Aparna Vaidyanathan (Institutional Technology)
  • Maria Vukovich (Graduate School of Professional Psychology)

COACHE TIMELINE

February 2024
Engagement
January 2024
Engagement
COACHE Faculty Engagement Series begins

1/18 COACHE Overview and Roundtable Discussions 1/19 Faculty Senate Discussion of COACHE Results  1/22 Diving Deeper into the COACHE Data: Results for Women and Women-Identifying Faculty 

Winter 2024
Engagement
Winter 2024
Data Analysis
Fall 2023/Winter 2024
Share Results
Fall 2023/Winter 2024
Data Analysis
October 2023
Share Results
October 2023
Share Results
October 2023
Receive Results
September 2023
Receive Results
Fall 2023
Data Analysis
Summer 2023
Receive Results
Spring 2023
Survey
Spring 2023
Survey
Spring 2023
Survey
Winter 2022
Communications
Fall 2022
Programming
Spring 2022
Programming
Spring 2022
Programming
Spring 2022
Programming
Spring 2022
Programming
December 2021
Fall 2020
Programming
Fall 2020
Programming
Spring Quarter 2020
Engagement
Spring Quarter 2020
Spring Quarter 2020
Spring Quarter 2020
Share Results
March 2020
Share Results
Winter Quarter 2020
Data Analysis
February 20, 2020
Engagement
December 2019/January 2020
Data Analysis
January 2020
Share Results
Winter 2019
DU Symposium Implementation Teams for 6 areas are created

Include: Chair Development & Training, Chair Advisory Board, Deliberative Decision- Making (DDM), Mentoring & Onboarding Across Rank & Series (Teach & Professional Faculty), Mentoring & Onboarding Across Rank & Series (Tenure Track Faculty), Inclusive Excellence Training, Advocacy, Community, and Toolkits (IETACT)

November 2019
Receive Results
November 2019
Receive Results
October 2019
Survey
Summer 2019
Programming
Summer 2019
Survey
Spring 2019
Survey