
The COACHE Working Group presented their findings and recommendations at a series of town halls in March and April of 2021. Watch the town hall presentation and view the presentation slides (PDF).
In the spring of 2019, Rutgers University–New Brunswick partnered with the Harvard Graduate School of Education Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) to conduct a faculty job satisfaction survey. COACHE is a consortium of over 250 colleges and universities, committed to improving the academic workplace. The survey evaluates faculty perceptions in the following themes:
The broad goal of this inaugural survey is to identify areas of strength and concern to inform decisions as we assess needs and work to improve key areas that are critical to faculty success. The survey provides actionable data which will be used as a baseline to measure change.
View the COACHE working group's recommendations and priorities (NetID required) based on the COACHE survey responses and data.
Explore the COACHE Survey data (NetID required) through an interactive portal created in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. Faculty and administrators are encouraged to review our survey results and provide feedback. PDFs highlighting key results of the survey can be found in the links below.
Eligible participants included all full-time tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track faculty members. We received 779 survey responses of the 2081 eligible survey population (37% response rate).
Survey Respondent Demographics:
The COACHE Working Group presented their findings and recommendations at a series of town halls in March and April of 2021. Watch the town hall presentation and view the presentation slides (PDF).
The COACHE Working Group members answer questions from town hall participants. Watch the Q&A discussion.
The following recommendations were prioritized in coordination with the COACHE Working Group and other members of the Rutgers–New Brunswick faculty to help improve faculty research, governance and communication, and faculty development. The Chancellor Office Response is representative of the work completed to date or currently underway.
Working Group Recommendations
Chancellor Office Response
Working Group Recommendations
Chancellor Office Response
Working Group Recommendations
Chancellor Office Response
The Chancellor hired a Vice Provost for Research who will collaborate with the Office for Research to:
The Vice Provost for Research will collaborate with the New Brunswick Associate Deans for Research to:
The Vice Provost for Research will collaborate with the co-chairs of RCM Refresh process and NB Finance Team to:
The Vice Provost for Research will collaborate with the NB Chief of Staff and facilities to:
During the Fall 2020 semester, Rutgers–New Brunswick convened a COACHE working group of faculty representatives from academic units and the New Brunswick Faculty Council. The COACHE Working Group met weekly and worked diligently to review the COACHE findings, meet with key stakeholders and administrators, consult with their academic units, and develop recommendations for each of the three unsatisfactory areas—research, governance and communication, and faculty development.