Earlier this week, we sent out an email from Provost Clemens and Senior Vice Provost Corbie reminding faculty to take this year’s COACHE survey. They also outline how the data will be used to improve conditions for faculty.
Improve UNC-Chapel Hill by lending your voice to the COACHE Survey of Faculty Job Satisfaction
Dear Colleagues:
We are writing to you today as colleagues and partners in an exciting endeavor for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Earlier this month, you were sent an invitation to participate in the COACHE Survey of Faculty Job Satisfaction. As you may already be aware, this survey is designed to enhance our understanding about your experience as a faculty member at Carolina.
As part of the working group, we want you to understand that we are fully committed to using this datum to improve the workplace for faculty. The survey is only the first step in a three-year process designed to transform data into actionable policies and practice.
Other institutions have used COACHE data to identify areas of strength and concern related to policies and practices. COACHE works with participating institutions to disseminate the results to faculty. Then, we will identify best practices for improving on our weaknesses and leveraging our strengths.
When the results are in hand, we plan to share the findings broadly and work with faculty to build a concrete action plan. In other words, these results will not just sit on a shelf.
If you have already completed the survey, please accept our sincere thanks. If you have not taken the survey, we encourage you to do so. Please be assured, the instrument is designed to be completed by most faculty within 25 minutes. We hope you will submit your survey as soon as possible.
Thank you,
J. Christopher Clemens
Provost
Jaroslav Folda Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Giselle Corbie
Senior Vice Provost
Kenan Distinguished Professor
